70 375 asylum applications in June 2024

In June 2024, 70 375 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, a 17% decrease compared with June 2023 (84 730).

There were also 6 540 subsequent applicants, representing a 6% increase compared with June 2023 (6 185).

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, Venezuelans and Afghans remain the largest groups of asylum seekers

In June 2024, Syrians remained the largest group of people seeking asylum (10 165 first-time applicants). They were followed by Venezuelans (6 340) and Afghans (5 930).

Germany, Spain, Italy and France accounted for 76% of first-time applicants

Germany (16 770), Spain (14 855), Italy (11 685) and France (10 510) continued to receive the highest number of first-time asylum applicants in June 2024, accounting for 76% of all first-time applicants in the EU.

In June 2024, the EU total of first-time asylum applicants was 15.7 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 (45.4), followed by Spain (30.6) and Ireland (26.2).

2 395 unaccompanied minors applying for asylum

In June 2024, 2 395 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum for the first time in the EU, with most of them coming from Syria (675), Afghanistan (405) and Egypt (255).

Source dataset: migr_asyumactm

The EU country that received the highest number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors was Germany (725), ahead of Bulgaria (300), Greece (290), the Netherlands (260) and Spain (255).

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