Record level of migration to the EU, 64.2 million in 2025 - Nearly 8,000 people died on migration routes last year
The number of immigrants residing in the European Union rose to a record high of 64.2 million in 2025, about 2.1 million more than a year earlier, according to a report published Wednesday by the Center for Research and Analysis on Migration in Berlin.
Germany remained the country with the largest number of foreign-born people in the bloc, with almost 18 million, 72% of whom are of working age, while Spain saw the fastest recent growth, adding about 700,000 more to bring its foreign-born population to 9.5 million.
"Germany remains the main destination for migrants in Europe, both in absolute terms and, to a considerable extent, in relation to its population," said Tommaso Frattini, one of the authors of the report.
Asylum requests were also concentrated in a few countries, with Spain, Italy, France and Germany accounting for nearly three-quarters of all applications.
Meanwhile, another piece of data is that nearly 8,000 people died or went missing on migration routes last year, with sea routes to Europe being the deadliest.
"These figures testify to our collective failure to prevent these tragedies," Maria Moita, who heads the humanitarian and disaster response department of the International Organization for Migration, told a press conference in Geneva.
Although the number of 7,904 people dead or missing was lower than a historic record of 9,197 in 2024, the IOM said this was partly due to 1,500 suspected cases that went unverified due to aid cuts.
More than four in every 10 deaths and disappearances occurred on sea routes to Europe. Many cases were so-called "invisible shipwrecks," where entire ships are lost at sea and never found, the IOM said in a shocking new report.
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