The number of migrants living in the European Union rose to a record 64.2 million in 2025, an increase of approximately 2.1 million from the previous year, according to a report published on Wednesday by the Center for Migration Research and Analysis at RFBerlin. Reuters reports this, writes UNN.
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For comparison, in 2010, this figure was 40 million, the report states, citing data from Eurostat and the UN Refugee Agency.
Germany remained the largest host country in the bloc for foreign-born individuals, with nearly 18 million people, 72% of whom are of working age, while Spain showed the fastest recent growth, adding about 700,000 and reaching 9.5 million migrants.
Germany remains the main destination for migrants in Europe, both in absolute terms and largely relative to its population.
The study also states that migration trends are uneven across the bloc: Luxembourg, Malta, and Cyprus have the highest proportion of migrants relative to their populations.
Furthermore, asylum applications are concentrated in specific countries: Spain, Italy, France, and Germany together account for almost three-quarters of all applications. Germany also hosts the largest number of refugees overall — 2.7 million.