Brussels, Sept. 8 (LaPresse) – The European asylum landscape has undergone significant changes in the first half of 2025. By the end of June, EU+ countries received 399,000 asylum applications, a decrease of 23% compared to the previous year. A two-thirds drop in Syrian applications meant that Germany was no longer the main EU+ recipient country, while both France and Spain received more applications. Most requests continued to be submitted by people with low recognition rates in the EU+. These findings come from EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) data published today. Notably, while the number of applications in France remained stable year-on-year, applications in Germany (-43%), Italy (-25%), and Spain (-13%) all declined compared to the first half of 2024. By the end of June 2025, EU+ countries received 399,000 asylum applications, a 23% decrease compared to the first half of 2024. This shift was driven by far fewer Syrians (25,000) applying, whose numbers fell by two thirds (-66%). However, Venezuelans (49,000) applied in significant numbers, with an increase of almost a third (+31%) year-on-year.
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