The latest statistics from the European Union on the number of asylum seekers who have applied for International Protection in member states show that numbers have continued to drop and are now at their lowest since April 2022.
The number of first-time applicants for asylum was 59,085 which was down from 66,800. It is further evidence of a longer-term trend as there were 77,170 new applicants in February 2024. That represents a 23% fall since the same month in 2024.
The monthly influx had peaked at 115,000 in October 2023 but there has been an evident reaction on the part of the EU as a whole and a growing number of member states…