Over 74,000 people apply for asylum in EU in July 2024 – Eurostat
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The statistical office of the European Union (EU) Eurostat said on Monday that over 74,000 first-time asylum applicants, mainly Syrians, applied for international protection in July 2024.
The asylum data published by Eurostat showed 74,695 first-time asylum applicants from outside of the EU were applied, a 7.5 percent decrease in comparison to July 2023, where they amounted to 80,735.
The data pointed out that Syrians continued to be the largest group of asylum-seekers with 12,295 first-time applicants, followed by Afghans with 6,030 applicants and then came Venezuelans with 5,170 applicants.
Additionally, subsequent applicants totaled 7,145, which is a 26.2 percent increase compared to 5,660 applicants in July 2023.
Germany continued to receive the highest number of asylum applications with a total of 18,505, according to Eurostat.
The data also indicated that 2,985 unaccompanied minors, mainly coming from Syria(895) and Afghanistan (470), and Egypt (345) applied for asylum in EU countries in July 2024.
Moreover, Germany received the highest number of unaccompanied minors with 750, next came Bulgaria with 455, Greece 420, the Netherlands 355 and Spain 325.
According to the U.N. Refugee Agency (UNHCR), Syria remains the largest displacement crisis in the world with over 12 million Syrians displaced.