The number of asylum applications in the European Union has seen significant declines during July, with about 39 percent less applications compared to the same period last year.
According to Eurostat data, during July 34.145 people submitted for the first time the demand for international protection in EU countries, compared to 55,680 requirements registered in July of the preliminary year.
The decline has also been noted compared to June, when the number of applications was eight percent higher.
France registered the largest number of asylum applications, with 9,000 requests, followed by Italy with 5,140, Greece with 3.715, Spain with 3.590 and Germany with 3,075.
These five countries jointly accepted about 72 percent of all first asylum applications registered in the European Union during July.
However, according to the number of residents, Slovenia scored highest, with 114.7 requirements for every 100,000 inhabitants. Next came Greece with 35.8 and Luxembourg with 16.6, while the EU average was 7.6 requirements for every 100,000 people.
As far as countries of origin are concerned, Afghanistan’s citizens submitted the list of 3,100 requests, followed by Sudan’s 2,605, Bangladesh with 2,255 and Syria with 1,420 requests.
Meanwhile, during the same month, 1,290 requests for asylum were registered by minors who were unique to their parents or stewards.
The largest number of these requests were recorded in Slovenia, with 265, followed by Greece with 245 and the Netherlands with 210.
Eurostat has indicated that recent data includes methodological changes related to the implementation of the EU Pact for Migration and Asylum, which began to be implemented in June 2026.
The data shows that despite the overall decline in asylum demands, differences among member states remain large, especially in relation to the number of residents.
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