It's Germany anymore: This is the country with the most asylum demands

“Welt am Sonntag” quoted the EU Commission's April 2025 report, considered confidential, on the situation of EU migration and third countries. It turns out that now the first country for applications currently holds France with nearly 41,000 applications registered from January 1st to 31st of this year. Then there are Spain (39,318 asylum applications) and third Germany.

In Germany, the number of asylum applications has dropped by 41 percent in the first quarter of this year compared to the same period last year where there were 37,387 applications. At the end of the EU ranking are Hungary with 22 asylum and Slovakia applications with 37 requirements. According to the Welt Am Sontag report, one fourth of all defence applications in Germany are made by Syrians (24 per cent), followed by Afghans (16 per cent) and Turks (11 per cent), writes Tcch, followed by Afghans (16 per cent), and Turks (11 per cent). Periscope.

France has become the number one destination country for Ukrainians. Most of those seeking protection in the EU, as well as Switzerland and Norway, came from Venezuela, followed by asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Syria. The demand for asylum not only from Ukrainians but also the Chinese and the Indians also increased significantly. By contrast, apparently fewer people from Syria, Colombia and Turkey have applied for asylum during this period.