US EditionEU asylum applications down but Iran concerns mount
- Asylum applications to the European Union dropped by nearly 20 percent in 2025, totaling around 822,000 requests received by EU+ countries.
- The European Union Agency for Asylum warned that partial destabilization in Iran, which has a population of about 90 million, could trigger refugee movements of unprecedented magnitude.
- Iran currently hosts about 2.5 million refugees, mostly Afghans, while Iranian nationals made only 8,000 asylum requests in the EU+ countries in 2025.
- Although overall asylum applications declined, requests by Afghans increased by 33 percent in 2025, indicating that the decrease should be interpreted with caution.
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Germany is the number one target country. Here, the figures are even down by a third. However, the development in the Middle East could lead to a turnaround, writes the EU asylum agency.
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epochtimes.deThe number of asylum applications in the EU fell by 19 percent last year compared to 2024, according to a report by the EU asylum agency EUAA. In Germany, there were even 31 percent fewer applications.
Asylum applications have dropped by nearly 20% in the European Union (EU), adverting the specialized agency in March, however, a warning signal on the risk of a "unforeseen refugee stream" in Iran, reports AFP, quoted by News.ro.
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EU asylum applications down but Iran concerns mount
Asylum applications to the EU dropped by almost 20 percent in 2025, the bloc's asylum agency said Tuesday -- warning however that a crisis in Iran could result in refugee movements of "unprecedented magnitude".
In 2025, 822,000 asylum applications were filed in the EU, 19 percent less than in the previous year. Most of the proceedings were in Germany, but the decline was even higher.
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