EU asylum requests drop to five-year low
- Asylum applications to the EU, Switzerland, and Norway dropped 17% to 332,000 in the first half of 2026, marking the lowest level since 2021 according to the European Union Agency for Asylum .
- The EUAA attributed the decrease to Syria's political transition causing fewer applications from Syrians and EU cooperation with origin and transit countries such as Tunisia and Mauritania.
- Less than one-third of asylum applications processed in early 2026 were successful, and new rules impose expedited procedures and swift deportations for applicants from countries with low recognition rates or considered safe.
- Among EU countries, France received the most asylum applications with 69,000, followed by Italy , Spain , Germany , and Greece had the highest per capita with 23,000 requests.
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EU asylum requests drop to five-year low
Asylum applications to the EU dropped to a five-year-low in the first half of 2026, continuing a downward trend partly brought about by a hardening of migration policy, the bloc's asylum agency said on Sept. 10.
In the first half of the current year, asylum applications in the European Union declined to the lowest level registered in five years, following the political transition in Syria, which led to a significant decline in Syrian asylum applications, in addition to the European Union's efforts in cooperation with countries of origin and transit, according to the European Union Asylum Agency.
The number of asylum applications in the EU and non-member states Norway and Switzerland reached its lowest point in five years for that period in the first half of 2026, reports the EU Asylum Agency EUAA. In the first half of the year, the number in the so-called EU+, at approximately 332,000 asylum applications, was 17 percent lower than in the same period in 2025.
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The applications for international protection submitted in the EU+ area, which in addition to the countries of the European Union includes Switzerland and Norway, have decreased by 17%. To register it, it is the European Union Agency for...
Asylum applications fell by 17 percent in the EU in the first half of 2026, compared with less asylum applications in Austria than in neighbouring countries.
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