THE NUMBERS
Twelve facts about European migration.
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01 669,820 first-time asylum applications · submitted to EU-27 member states in 2025. 2025 Eurostat — migr_asyappctzm 02 44,917,394 foreign citizens · resident in the EU-27 on 1 January 2025 (Eurostat: TOTAL − NAT). 1 January 2025 Eurostat — migr_pop1ctz 03 50,901 people dead or missing · on European-bound migration routes since 2014. since 2014 IOM Missing Migrants (HDX mirror) 04 236,963 irregular border crossings · detected by Frontex along EU external borders in 2024. 2024 Frontex annual press release 05 4,343,255 irregular crossings · detected by Frontex over 11 years (2014–2024 cumulative). 2014 – 2024 Frontex annual press releases 06 43.1% % · of EU return orders are actually executed. 2024 Eurostat — migr_eiord, migr_eirtn 07 337,930 return orders not executed · gap between issued and effectively executed in 2024 (EU-27). 2024 Eurostat — migr_eiord, migr_eirtn 08 3,504,650 first residence permits · issued by EU-27 member states in 2024, by reason: work, family, study, other. 2024 Eurostat — migr_resfirst 09 1,177,232 acquisitions of EU citizenship · granted to previously-foreign nationals in 2024. 2024 Eurostat — migr_acq 10 €3,485,000,000 consolidated EU spending on migration management in 2024 — Frontex + EUAA + AMIF + BMVI. 2024 EU Commission, Frontex, EUAA annual accounts 11 1,731,915 first-time asylum applications · from Syrian nationals to the EU-27 since 2008. since 2008 Eurostat — migr_asyappctzm 12 €922,000,000 Frontex annual budget executed in 2024 — up nearly 10× since 2014. 2024 Frontex annual accounts