Currently, there are more than 62 million immigrants in the European Union.

Omissions

• The MEP did not cite any source or specify which statistical definition of 'immigrant' was being used. 'Immigrant' can mean foreign-born (total: ~64 million), non-EU-born (46.7 million), or non-EU citizens (30.6 million), yielding very different figures.
• Only one secondary source (RF Berlin/CREAM report, March 2026) explicitly confirms the ~64 million total foreign-born figure. A primary Eurostat source confirming the full foreign-born total for 2025 or 2026 could not be accessed within the search limit. The Eurostat 'EU population diversity' page confirms 46.7 million non-EU-born but the total foreign-born breakdown could not be retrieved.
• The MEP's party (Tautos ir teisingumo sąjunga, ESN group) typically frames immigration in alarmist terms, and using the broadest definition (foreign-born including intra-EU migrants) without clarification may overstate the perceived scale of non-European immigration.

Sources

• PrimaryEurostat – Statistics Explained: EU population diversity by citizenship and country of birthOn 1 January 2025, an estimated 46.7 million people born outside the EU were residing in an EU country, accounting for 10.4% of the EU population. On 1 January 2025, an estimated 30.6 million citizens of non-member countries were resident in an EU country, accounting for 6.8% of the EU population.
• SecondaryRF Berlin / CREAM – The Immigrant Population in the European Union: Growth, Composition and Integration (March 2026)The EU is home to a record number of foreign-born residents, reaching approximately 64 million in 2025. Between 2024 and 2025, the foreign-born population across the EU increased by about 2.1 million (3.4% growth).