Venezuelans outnumber Syrians as a larger group of asylum seekers in the European Union – El Veneziano News

In January 2025, Venezuelans were the largest group of asylum seekers who applied for asylum for the first time in the European Union (EU), with 8,325 applications, and replaced Syrians, who had been the most demanding citizens since May 2022, according to the Eurostat Community Statistics Office on Tuesday. Thus, Syrians ranked second, with 7,055 applications, followed by Afghans, with 5,635. In total, in January 2025 the EU received 66,800 fir…

Syrians no longer head the list of immigrants seeking international protection within the European Union (EU). Instead, this square is occupied by the Venezuelan diaspora The Venezuelan entry leads asylum applications in Europe and surpasses Syrian immigrants #16Apr was first published in El Impulso.

Eurostat, the European Statistical Office, registered 66,800 asylum applications for the first time from non-EU citizens in January 2025, an 8% increase in a month.

Citizens from Venezuela were the group with the largest number of asylum applications in January 2025, for the first time in the European Union (EU). This would exceed the applications that since May 2022 have predominated as the most numerous, which would be those of people from Syria. Community statistics Eurostat reported that 8,325 applications from Venezuelans were registered in the first month of the year, while Syrians would occupy the se…

The countries that received the largest number of asylum applications for the first time were Germany, Spain, France, Italy and Greece

In January, the number of new asylum requests decreased by 24% compared to the same period last year (87,890) and increased by 8% on a monthly basis, when 62,075 new requests were registered by citizens of third countries. Eurostat also reports that, for the first time in almost three years (since May 2022), Syrians are no longer the largest group of asylum seekers, a place now occupied by Venezuelans. In January, there were 8,325 new requests f…