30/08/2024
A decrease of 5 % compared to the same month of the previous year
Eurostat report: nearly 77,000 asylum applications in the EU in May 2024
There were 76,795 first-time asylum seekers (third-country nationals) applying for international protection in EU countries in May 2024, a decrease of 5 percent from May 2023 (80,455). In contrast, there are 6,465 subsequent applicants, a 12 percent increase from May 2023 (5,755).
This is according to the monthly asylum data report published by Eurostat. Statistics Explained on monthly asylum statistics.
In May 2024, Syrians remain the largest group of asylum seekers (11,460 first-time asylum seekers). They are followed by Venezuelans (6,170) and Afghans (5,535).
Germany (18,175) continued to receive the largest number of first-time asylum seekers (24 percent of all first-time asylum seekers in the EU).
Again in May 2024, the total number of first-time asylum seekers in the EU was 17.1 per hundred thousand people. Compared to the population of each EU country (as of January 1, 2024), the highest rates of first-time asylum seekers were recorded in Ireland (37.4), followed by Greece (33.2), Spain (31.7) and Cyprus (29.9).
2,565 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum for the first time in the EU, mostly from Syria (790) and Afghanistan (390).
The EU country that received the most asylum applications from unaccompanied minors was Germany (1,010) followed by the Netherlands (360).
Published: Friday 30 August 2024 - Last modify: Wednesday 11 September 2024
