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EU Data Show Asylum Applications Fall 23% in First Half of 2025

Asylum applications in the European Union dropped by 23% in the first half of 2025 compared to the same period in 2024.
The fall of the Assad regime in Syria last December led to a significant decrease in applications from Syrian citizens.
Venezuelans became the largest group seeking asylum in the EU, likely due to stricter US immigration policies against Venezuelan migrants.

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Eu Asylum Figures: More Applications Come From Venezuela than From Syria

The number of asylum applications is decreasing dramatically, largely because displaced Syrians have increasingly renounced an application since the fall of Asad.

6 days ago·Zürich, Switzerland

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The Japan Times

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Falling migration fails to quell EU clampdown calls

Asylum requests to the European Union fell by 23% in the first six months of 2025, driven by a huge drop in Syrians seeking protection, new data showed.

7 days ago·Japan

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Radio France Internationale

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The Eu Is Experiencing a Fall in Asylum Applications, a Phenomenon Linked to Regime Change in Syria

The subject of asylum is often instrumentalised in Europe, but the figures reveal a different reality: the number of asylum applications in the European Union has fallen by more than 20% in the last six months, according to the EU Asylum Agency. This fall is not due to the migration policies of European countries, but rather to the overthrow of Bashar al-Assad in Syria.

7 days ago·Paris, France

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