US EditionEU Data Show Asylum Applications Fall 23% in First Half of 2025
Asylum applications in EU+ countries fell 23% in early 2025, with Syrian requests dropping 66% after Assad's ouster and Venezuelans becoming the largest group, EUAA reported.
- Asylum applications in the European Union dropped by 23% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
- The fall of the Assad regime in Syria last December led to a significant decrease in applications from Syrian citizens.
- Venezuelans became the largest group seeking asylum in the EU, likely due to stricter US immigration policies against Venezuelan migrants.
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The subject of asylum is often instrumentalised in Europe, but the figures reveal a different reality: the number of asylum applications in the European Union has fallen by more than 20% in the last six months, according to the EU Asylum Agency. This fall is not due to the migration policies of European countries, but rather to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
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According to the European Union, asylum applications in the EU fell by 23 percent in the first half of the year.
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Leaning Left12Leaning Right8Center8Last UpdatedBias Distribution43% Left
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- 43% of the sources lean Left
43% Left
L 43%
C 29%
R 29%
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