Population

First-time asylum applications down 13% in 2024

First-time asylum applications down 13% in 2024

In 2024, 912 000 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, down by 13% compared with 2023 (1 049 500). This information comes from data on asylum applicants published by ...

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62 085 asylum applications in December 2024

62 085 asylum applications in December 2024

jIn December 2024, 62 085 first-time asylum applicants (non-EU citizens) applied for international protection in EU countries, marking a 17% decrease compared with November 2024 (74 485) and a 20% decrease compared with December 2023 ...

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Labour market flows in Q4 2024

Labour market flows in Q4 2024

Between the third and the fourth quarter of 2024, 3.2 million unemployed people aged 15-74 in the EU (24.2% of all unemployed in the third quarter of 2024) found a job. During this period, 6.5 million (49.6%) remained unemployed and 3.4 ...

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4.3 million under temporary protection in January 2025

4.3 million under temporary protection in January 2025

On 31 January 2025, almost 4.3 million non-EU citizens who fled Ukraine as a consequence of the Russian war of aggression against Ukraine had temporary protection status in the EU. The EU countries hosting the highest number of ...

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Record drop in children being born in the EU in 2023

Record drop in children being born in the EU in 2023

In 2023, 3.67 million babies were born in the EU, a 5.4% decrease from the 3.88 million in 2022. This is the largest annual decline recorded since 1961. The total fertility rate in 2023 was 1.38 live births per woman in the EU, down ...

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In focus: women in master’s and PhD studies in the EU

In focus: women in master’s and PhD studies in the EU

Among the 1.5 million master’s students in the EU in 2022, 905 678 were women, representing 58.6% of the total. At doctoral level, this share was 48.5% of a total of 99 204 doctorate students. At master’s level, women represented the ...

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