Asylum is at its highest level since 2016, and Denmark is working hard to change the asylum system in Europe.

Figures released by the Danish Immigration Service on Tuesday show that the flow of asylum seekers to Denmark remains generally low, although during the first two months of the year Denmark received about 470 asylum seekers compared to about 330 asylum seekers in the same period last year, 2022.

Preliminary figures show that EU countries received around 175,000 asylum applications during January and February, while in the same two months of the previous year the figure was slightly over 121,000 asylum applications.

According to the data, nearly half of those who arrived in the European Union, applied for asylum, and had their applications processed in an EU country received a result stating that they did not need protection at all, meaning their asylum applications were rejected. In Spain, which received the third-highest number of asylum applications in the EU last year, fewer than one in five were granted asylum, and in Sweden, only one in three were granted protection. The data also indicates that at least 948 people died or went missing while crossing the Mediterranean Sea to Europe in 2023.

It is worth noting that in 2022 Europe saw a significant increase in the number of migrants compared to previous years, but preliminary figures show that the number of asylum seekers in 2023 is much higher.

In January and February of this year, EU countries received around 175,000 asylum applications. The figure for January was 92,000 asylum applications, while preliminary figures for February show around 83,000 asylum applications. In the same two months last year, 2022, there were 60,000 asylum seekers and 61,000 asylum seekers respectively.

Nationalities with the highest number of asylum applications

Around 45,000 of the applications submitted in January and February of this year, 2023, were from people from Afghanistan and Syria.

Germany alone received approximately 60,000 asylum applications during this period, representing about a third of all asylum applications in the European Union. In 2022, Germany received approximately 244,000 asylum applications – the highest number since 2016. Also in 2022, Austria, with a population of just under 9 million, received over 100,000 asylum applications. In January and February 2023, Austria received approximately 7,000 asylum applications.

Denmark is working hard to change the asylum system in Europe.

Danish Minister for Immigration and Integration, Kaar Dybvad Bak, says:
“My ministry and I are closely monitoring developments in Europe. The figures are worrying. We are seeing that the pressure on Europe has reached its highest level since the 2015-2016 migration crisis. I have met with several ministerial colleagues from European countries who have spoken about how their countries are under immense pressure from the massive influx. This development confirms to me that Europe needs a new asylum system. Therefore, the Danish government is working hard to garner support for significant changes in the way we do things. I find that other countries agree that the status quo is not an option and that new solutions are needed, where refugees come to Europe in a controlled manner using the UN refugee quota system, and not as it is today, where they are selected based on which migrants have the resources to pay human traffickers.“.

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