Year 2025, about 6 million refugees in Europe - Report, asylum requests fell to 770,000
Refugees and asylum seekers in Europe stabilized in 2025 after more than a decade of growth, while asylum applications fell for the second year in a row, according to a report by the Center for Migration Research and Analysis at the Rockwool Foundation Berlin. The number of refugees and asylum seekers in the European Union and Britain was 9.59 million in 2025, little changed from 9.58 million a year earlier, marking a sharp reversal from the rapid increases seen after Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
Asylum applications fell to 770,000 in 2025 from 1.01 million in 2024 and 1.1 million in 2023, the report said. Immigration has become a contentious issue in many European countries in recent years, due to a surge in support for far-right and right-wing populist parties.
The stable overall figure masked differences between countries: Germany, the largest host country in Europe, recorded a 4.7% drop in its population of refugees and asylum seekers and Italy saw a 17.9% drop, while France, Spain and Britain recorded increases.
The report said Germany's decline largely reflected lower inflows and the naturalization of earlier refugee groups, particularly Syrians and Iraqis, rather than departures.
Syrians filed more than 70% fewer asylum applications after the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024, while applications from Venezuelans rose by 24% to 91,000.
Ukrainians still make up nearly half of all refugees and asylum seekers in the EU and Britain, the report said.
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