Over 72,000 asylum seekers in the EU in April 2023
A 34 % increase
25 July, 12:51
(ANSA) - BELGRADE, JUL 25 - According to Eurostat, 72,630
first-time asylum seekers from non-EU countries applied for
international protection in EU states in April 2023. This
represents a 34% increase over April 2022 (54,350). There were
also 5 310 second-time applicants, a 5% decrease from April 2022
(5,610). Syrians were the largest group of people seeking asylum
in April 2023, as they had been in previous months. Germany
received the most first-time asylum applicants (20,950),
followed by Spain (12,910), France (10,260), and Italy (8,175),
accounting for nearly three-quarters (72%) of all first-time
applicants in the EU. (ANSA).
