In Might 2024, 76,795 first-time asylum candidates (non-EU residents) utilized for worldwide safety in EU international locations, a 5% lower in contrast with Might 2023 (80 455).
There have been additionally 6,465 subsequent candidates, representing a 12% improve in contrast with Might 2023 (5,755).
This data comes from the month-to-month asylum knowledge revealed by Eurostat. The article presents a handful of findings from the extra detailed Statistics Defined article on month-to-month asylum statistics.
Supply dataset: migr_asyappctzm
Syrians, Venezuelans and Afghans stay the biggest teams of asylum seekers
In Might 2024, Syrians remained the biggest group of individuals in search of asylum (11,460 first-time candidates). They had been adopted by Venezuelans (6,170) and Afghans (5,535).
Germany acquired the best variety of first-time candidates
Germany (18,175) continued to obtain the best variety of first-time asylum candidates in Might 2024, accounting for twenty-four% of all first-time candidates within the EU.
In Might 2024, the EU complete of first-time asylum candidates was 17.1 per hundred thousand individuals. In contrast with the inhabitants of every EU nation (on 1 January 2024), the best charges of first-time candidates had been recorded in Eire (37.4), adopted by Greece (33.2), Spain (31.7) and Cyprus (29.9).
2,565 unaccompanied minors making use of for asylum
In Might 2024, 2,565 unaccompanied minors utilized for asylum for the primary time within the EU, with most of them coming from Syria (790) and Afghanistan (390).
Supply dataset: migr_asyumactm
The EU nation that acquired the best variety of asylum purposes from unaccompanied minors was Germany (1,010), forward of the Netherlands (360).
For extra data
- Statistics Defined article on month-to-month asylum statistics
- Statistics Defined article on annual asylum statistics
- Information article on individuals granted short-term safety in June 2024
- Thematic part on migration and asylum statistics
- Database on asylum statistics
Methodological notes
- First-time purposes: France and Spain: knowledge for Might 2024 not accessible, April 2024 knowledge used.
- Subsequent purposes: new knowledge assortment from the reference 12 months 2021. The entire relies on accessible knowledge. France and Spain: knowledge for Might 2024 not accessible, April 2024 knowledge used. Cyprus: as a consequence of short-term derogations, knowledge on subsequent purposes are usually not accessible till December 2023, due to this fact Cyprus shouldn’t be included within the complete calculated till December 2023. Denmark: not relevant, due to this fact Denmark shouldn’t be included within the complete calculated.
- First-time purposes of unaccompanied minors: France, Spain: knowledge for Might 2024 not accessible, April 2024 knowledge used. Poland: knowledge not accessible. Consequently, Poland shouldn’t be included within the calculation.