EUROSTAT - European Union Statistical Office

10/21/2024 | Press release | Distributed by Public on 10/21/2024 03:06

74 695 asylum applications in July 2024

In July 2024, 74 695 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 7.5% decrease compared with July 2023 (80 735).

There were also 7 145 subsequent applicants, representing a 26.2% increase compared with July 2023 (5 660).

This information comes from the monthly asylum data published by Eurostat today. The article presents a handful of findings from the more detailed Statistics Explained article on monthly asylum statistics.

Source dataset: migr_asyappctzm

Syrians, Afghans and Venezuelans remain the largest groups of asylum seekers

In July 2024, Syrians remained the largest group of people seeking asylum (12 295 first-time applicants). They were followed by Afghans (6 030) and Venezuelans (5 170).

Germany, Italy, Spain and France accounted for 74% of first-time applicants

Germany (18 505), Italy (13 235), Spain (11 925) and France (11 300) continued to receive the highest number of first-time asylum applicants, accounting for 74% of all first-time applicants in the EU.

The EU total rate of first-time asylum applicants in July 2024 was 16.6 per hundred thousand people. Compared with the population of each EU country (on 1 January 2024), the highest rates of first-time applicants were recorded in Greece (55.1), ahead of Ireland (32.2).

2 985 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum

2 985 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum for the first time in the EU, with most of them coming from Syria (895), Afghanistan (470) and Egypt (345).

Source dataset: migr_asyumactm

The EU country that received the highest number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors was Germany (750), ahead of Bulgaria (455), Greece (420), the Netherlands (355) and Spain (325).