EU asylum requests down by 11% in 2024, but still exceed one million

Asylum applications in Europe reduced by 11 percent in 2024: report

The EU Agency for Asylum (EUAA) reported on Monday that asylum applications across the EU+ (the EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland) decreased by 11 percent in 2024 compared to the previous year. The decline interrupted a three-year trend of applications exceeding one million annually. The report attributed the drop primarily to a shift in migration patterns during the latter half of the year, deviating from the usual seasonal trends. D…

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The number of people claiming asylum in the UK hit 108,183 in the year to December, higher than the previous peak of 84,132 in 2002.

Last year, the number of asylum applications in the EU fell significantly - eleven percent lower than 2023 according to the EUAA Asylum Agency. 1,014,000 applications were registered.

EU Asylum Applications Drop 11 Percent in 2024 as Syrian, Afghan, and Turkish Claims Plummet

The number of asylum applications received in the European Union (EU) decreased by 11 percent in 2024, with applications from Syrians, Afghans, and Turks all decreasing significantly, according to an agency report. On March 3, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) published its annual analysis of asylum trends for 2024, which stated that asylum applications are down across the EU, Norway, and Switzerland. It said that 1,014,000 asylum appl…

The number of asylum applications in the EU, Norway and Switzerland fell by 11 percent last year.

In Switzerland, too, the figures are declining, and in 2025 they are also expected to fall.