The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) released its latest analysis on asylum trends, showing that by June 2024, EU countries had received 513,000 applications for international protection. While the figure remained stable compared to the first six months of 2023, some changes occurred at the national level.
Germany received one fifth fewer applications while Italy received an increase by over a third. In Spain, overall applications have been stable but at a high level. With more applications typically expected in the latter six months, the EUAA estimates that EU countries could receive around a million applications by the end of the year.
Key trends included a 7% increase in applications from Syrians (71,000) and an 18% decrease from Afghans (45,000). Meanwhile, applications from Malians (9600) and Senegalese (7500) tripled, largely due to increased boat arrivals in the Canary Islands.
Latin American nationals also featured prominently, with Venezuelans (37,000), Colombians (29,000), and Peruvians (14,000) submitting substantial numbers of applications, primarily in Spain and Italy.
Beyond asylum applications, 4.5 million people fleeing the war in Ukraine remained under temporary protection in the EU. In parallel, there has been an increase in asylum applications by Ukrainians (12 000), over half of which were lodged in France and a fifth in Poland.
The overall recognition rate for asylum applications in the first half of 2024 stood at 46%. In the case of Syrian applicants, the recognition rate remained high at 92 % at the EU level. For Afghans, the recognition rate stood at around 65 % at EU level. Recognition rates for Turkish applicants continued to decline, dropping from 54% in 2019 to 18% this year.
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EUAA presents Latest Asylum Trends for the first half of 2024
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- Publication date
- 16 September 2024
- Author
- Directorate-General for Migration and Home Affairs