Which EU countries are receiving the most asylum applications?
First-time asylum applications in the EU dropped to fewer than a million last year.
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First-time asylum applications in the EU dropped to fewer than a million last year.
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00:00First-time asylum applications in the EU went down in 2024.
00:09The latest Eurostat data says that first-time asylum applications decreased by 13% compared to 2023,
00:19totaling 912,000.
00:22Most of them, 25%, were registered in Germany.
00:26The second highest rate was reported in Spain, 18%, followed by Italy, 17%, France and Greece.
00:36Cyprus, however, faced the highest pressure with 7.2 first-time applicants per 1,000 people.
00:45The EU average is 2.
00:47Cyprus was followed by Greece with 6.6, Ireland and Spain, 3.4 each,
00:54and Luxembourg with 3.2.
00:57Syrians are still the largest group seeking asylum,
01:01accounting for 148,000 first-time applications or 16% of the EU's total.
01:11Venezuelans were next with nearly 73,000 applications,
01:16followed by Afghans with just over 72,000.
01:20Applications also included more than 36,000 unaccompanied minors,
01:26most of them from Syria, Afghanistan and Egypt.