EU Asylum Applications Fall to Five-Year Low in First Half of 2026

Asylum applications in Switzerland fell in first half of 2026

The number of asylum applications in the European Union, as well as in Norway and Switzerland, fell again in the first half of this year. From January to June, the European Union’s asylum agency recorded a total of around 332,000 new applications, according to the agency’s office in Malta. Compared with the first half of 2025, this represents a decrease of 67,000 (almost 17%). Germany once again not in first place Once again, Germany is no longer at the top of the list of countries with the m...

By Keystone-SDA