The European Commission’s Joint Research Centre released the 2025 Atlas of Migration, showing a 13% decline in first-time asylum applications in the EU to 913,000 in 2024, down from over 1 million in 2023. Meanwhile, global displacement reached 51 million people in 2024, driven by conflicts in regions like Myanmar, Syria, and Sudan. The atlas highlights that international migrants totaled 304 million in mid-2024, up 75% since 2000. Refugee numbers tripled in two decades, with 42.5 million displaced globally as of mid-2025. The EU hosts 7.7 million refugees (18% globally), including 4.4 million from Ukraine. New EU residence permits in 2024 fell to 3.5 million, with Spain, Germany, and Poland accounting for nearly half. Malta and Cyprus issued the highest rates per capita. The report underscores the link between conflicts and displacement, emphasizing the need for policy responses to escalating humanitarian crises.
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