# EU countries by first-time asylum applicants, June 2026

All 27 values come from Eurostat, European Commission for 2026-06, so the places are comparable.

- Indicator id: `asylum_first_time_applicants`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: People who are not citizens of an EU country and lodged an application for international protection for the first time in the reporting country during the month (Eurostat migr_asyappctzm).
- Source: Eurostat, European Commission, Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm) (https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table)
- Publisher page: https://invokely.ai/en/publishers/eurostat
- Retrieved: 2026-10-12
- Citation: Eurostat. Asylum applicants by type, citizenship, age and sex, monthly, first-time applicants who are not EU citizens (migr_asyappctzm). https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/databrowser/view/migr_asyappctzm/default/table. Retrieved 2026-10-12.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/rankings/first-time-asylum-applicants/eu-countries

| Rank | Place | persons |
|---:|---|---:|
| 1 | Italy | 9,660 |
| 2 | France | 9,165 |
| 3 | Germany | 4,265 |
| 4 | Greece | 3,955 |
| 5 | Spain | 2,850 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 1,785 |
| 7 | Belgium | 1,640 |
| 8 | Ireland | 1,065 |
| 9 | Austria | 560 |
| 10 | Poland | 370 |
| 11 | Latvia | 350 |
| 12 | Sweden | 250 |
| 13 | Bulgaria | 220 |
| 14 | Denmark | 130 |
| 15 | Finland | 125 |
| 16 | Slovenia | 100 |
| 17 | Czechia | 95 |
| 18 | Cyprus | 90 |
| 19 | Portugal | 75 |
| 20 | Croatia | 70 |
| 20 | Romania | 70 |
| 22 | Luxembourg | 65 |
| 23 | Malta | 45 |
| 24 | Estonia | 40 |
| 25 | Lithuania | 20 |
| 26 | Slovakia | 10 |
| 27 | Hungary | 5 |