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Syrian asylum applications drop significantly

2025.05.06, 15:09
Syrian asylum applications drop significantly

In February 2025, Syrians lodged one of the smallest numbers of monthly applications in over a decade.

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The European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) has just published the first monthly dataset for 2025, on asylum applications in the EU+.

In February, EU+ countries received around 69 000 asylum applications, following a decreasing trend that has been ongoing since October 2024.

The fall of the regime of Bashar al-Assad to Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) in Syria has led to a significant change in the asylum landscape in the EU+.

In February, Syrians lodged the fewest applications in over a decade (5 000), with their number decreasing by 70 %, compared to October 2024.

With Syrians, historically, having almost always been the nationality with the most applicants for international protection in the EU+, this change is notable for many reasons, among them the fact that Germany was not the main receiving EU+ country in February 2025.

The sharp decrease in Syrian applications has also impacted several of the EUAA’s first instance asylum indicators.

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