EU countries compared

#	Country	First-time asylum applications↓	Change	Returns carried out	Orders issued	Sea arrivals
1	Italy	67,560	-7%	4,780	21,295	26,038
2	France	60,110	-13%	18,930	137,550	not recorded
3	Spain	54,850	-37%	5,705	53,700	22,451
4	Germany	42,720	-39%	36,075	55,240	not recorded
5	Greece	24,815	-13%	5,080	26,635	28,331
6	Netherlands	13,855	+17%	4,970	31,230	not recorded
7	Belgium	11,030	-34%	5,245	25,340	not recorded
8	Ireland	6,805	-4%	2,050	6,260	not recorded
9	Austria	4,530	-40%	8,045	11,165	not recorded
10	Slovenia	3,245	+44%	490	880	not recorded
11	Poland	2,935	-64%	9,700	14,760	not recorded
12	Sweden	1,910	-39%	13,990	18,340	not recorded
13	Bulgaria	1,275	-37%	1,205	3,880	not recorded
14	Cyprus	985	-42%	10,630	15,185	196
15	Finland	950	-7%	1,915	5,070	not recorded
16	Latvia	940	+42%	2,280	2,640	not recorded
17	Denmark	850	-22%	975	2,280	not recorded
18	Luxembourg	755	-29%	390	1,340	not recorded
19	Portugal	740	-29%	825	18,245	not recorded
20	Croatia	710	+29%	6,620	11,330	not recorded
21	Czechia	610	+12%	3,255	5,250	not recorded
22	Estonia	455	-27%	660	660	not recorded
23	Romania	395	-48%	1,800	2,860	not recorded
24	Malta	210	-7%	1,065	1,090	not recorded
25	Lithuania	165	+3%	4,555	4,900	not recorded
26	Slovakia	75	—	425	500	not recorded
27	Hungary	55	—	4,335	9,080	not recorded

UNHCR publishes sea arrivals for 4 countries only. For the others the cell is empty because the figure does not exist, not because it is zero.

Asylum applications refer to January–July 2026, the same months for every country. Returns and return orders are annual and stop at 2025, the last completed year.