EU and asylum policy in numbers
According to the latest data, in May 2025, 928,000 foreign citizens or migrants were waiting for their first asylum assistance in the European Union (EU). In the EU, 4.4 million people are already living under international protection. The largest number of people with international protection is said to live in Germany and Poland, although the largest number of foreigners per capita is settled in the Czech Republic. The largest number of applications for international protection was received in Spain, Italy and France in May 2025. Thus, Germany is slowly losing its attractiveness for those seeking international protection or asylum. The inhabitants of Syria have long been among the most numerous asylum seekers. But now they have fallen to fourth place. After the fall of the Assad regime and/or the fall of the caliphate, 1.5 million people were expected to return to Syria, but 80% of migrants from Syria do not want to return to their homeland. This year, the first place in terms ...