More than 1 million asylum requests in Europe in 2023: a record for 7 years. Across the EU, Syrians presented 181,000 requests ahead of Afghans (114,000).
Overall, the number of protection requests increased by 18% compared to 2022. At the top of requests, Germany, which recorded 334,000 asylum requests (around 29% of the total), double those of France (167,000) which occupies second position. Next comes Spain with 162,000 applications, then Italy with 136,000.