26/07/2023
๐ In April 2023, 72 630 first-time applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries. Compared with April 2022 (54 350), this represents a 34 % increase.
๐ธ There were also 5 310 subsequent applicants, a 5 % decrease compared with April 2022 (5 610).
๐งธ In April 2023, 2 625 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum for the first time in the EU, mostly from ๐ฆ๐ซ Afghanistan (895) and ๐ธ๐พ Syria (685).
๐ธ The EU countries which received the highest number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors in April 2023 were ๐ฉ๐ช Germany (1 105), ahead of ๐ณ๐ฑ the Netherlands (340) and ๐ฆ๐น Austria (285).
๐ https://europa.eu/!HRFmHF