First-time asylum applicants in France
France received 116,475 first-time asylum applications in 2025.
France, 2025
116,475
Change from 2024
−10.3%
European Union, 2025
672,350 applicants
Position in 2025
3rd of 32
First-time asylum applicants in France over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | France | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 116,475 applicants | 672,350 applicants |
| 2024 | 129,910 applicants | 912,835 applicants |
| 2023 | 145,160 applicants | 1,049,905 applicants |
| 2022 | 137,605 applicants | 874,035 applicants |
| 2021 | 103,810 applicants | 536,270 applicants |
| 2020 | 81,735 applicants | 415,475 applicants |
| 2019 | 138,290 applicants | 629,230 applicants |
| 2018 | 126,580 applicants | 564,905 applicants |
| 2017 | 91,965 applicants | 620,465 applicants |
| 2016 | 76,790 applicants | 1,167,075 applicants |
| 2015 | 70,570 applicants | 1,217,185 applicants |
| 2014 | 58,845 applicants | 530,970 applicants |
| 2013 | 60,475 applicants | – |
| 2012 | 54,280 applicants | – |
| 2011 | 52,140 applicants | – |
| 2010 | 48,030 applicants | – |
| 2009 | 42,070 applicants | – |
A dash means no value was published for that period.
In short
- That is a change of −10.3% from 129,910 applicants in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 70,570 applicants, the figure has changed by +65.0%.
- Among the 32 countries with data for 2025, France has the 3rd highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 672,350 applicants.
More for France
All statistics for France
Immigration
438,626p (Provisional) immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
263,233p (Provisional) emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
103,661 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
3.4p (Provisional) per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
1.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division
Net migration
91,737 people
2025 · World Bank