Asylum Report 2023 (EUAA)
As the go-to source of information on international protection in Europe, the annual EUAA Asylum Report provides a comprehensive overview of key developments in asylum in Member States of the European Union, Iceland, Liechtenstein, Norway and Switzerland (EU+ countries).
Following the release of provisional data earlier this year, the EUAA has published its Asylum Report 2023. In it, the Agency reports inter alia that:
- EU+ countries received around 996 000 asylum applications in 2022, a 53 % increase over 2021.
- Around 70 % of applications in 2022 were lodged in five receiving countries, including Germany (244 000), France (156 000), Spain (118 000), Austria (109 000), and Italy (84 000).
- The top countries of origin were Syria (138 000) and Afghanistan (132 000), followed by Turkey (58 000), Venezuela (51 000) and Colombia (43 000).
- EU+ countries took around 646 000 decisions on applications at first instance, the most since 2017.
- The recognition rate stood at 39 %, the highest since 2017, meaning that around 2-in-5 applications were successful.
- The number of pending decisions rose to 899 000 in 2022.
For detailed information, please read the EUAA press release and the full asylum report 2023.