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.
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).
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).
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