According to the European Council, 962,160 non-EU citizens applied for asylum within the bloc in 2022.

This is up 52 % on 2021’s determine, however far beneath the 1,322,850 on the peak of the migrant disaster in 2015.

1 / 4 of all functions have been made in Germany alone – the 243,835 whole larger than wherever else within the EU, and over thrice greater than the UK.

France got here second with 156,455, adopted by Spain (117,945), Austria (108,755) and Italy (84,290).

Inserting the UK into this chart places it in sixth place, forward of Greece which obtained 37,375 asylum functions final 12 months.

Greece has a inhabitants of 10.5 million, in comparison with 67.5 million for the UK. In phrases of asylum seekers per head – a tough barometer of a rustic’s capacity to assimilate refugees – Greece had a charge of 356 per 100,000. The UK determine is 113.

Austria tops the desk on this regard, receiving 1,208 requests per 100,000 residents – a ratio over ten instances larger than the UK.

This isn’t to say governments on the Continent don’t share the UK’s concern over mass immigration. 

Back in June, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz, head of a centre-left coalition, mentioned he needed to “support and advance” a reform of the European asylum system. 

The nation’s foremost opposition social gathering, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU), has lengthy referred to as for a tightening of German asylum legal guidelines in addition to “reception and decision centers” on the EU's exterior borders. 

According to the UN Refugee Council there are some 35.3 million refugees globally, forcibly displaced by “persecution, conflict, violence, human rights violations or events seriously disturbing public order.” 

Roughly 70 % flee to international locations neighbouring their fatherland.