Cecilia Strada· S&D

Nuanced

Frontex reports that arrivals and asylum requests are decreasing.

Omissions

• Frontex data covers irregular border crossings (arrivals), not asylum requests. Asylum application data is collected by EUAA and Eurostat, not Frontex.
• The claim conflates data from two different agencies: Frontex for border crossings and EUAA/Eurostat for asylum applications.
• The decreasing trend is supported by 2025 full-year data showing a 26% drop in irregular crossings and approximately 20% drop in asylum applications.

Sources

• PrimaryFrontex - Irregular border crossings down 26% in 2025Irregular border crossings decreased by 26% in 2025 to 178,000, the lowest since 2021
• PrimaryFrontex - Irregular crossings fall by 25% in first 11 months of 2025Irregular entries dropped by 25% in first eleven months of 2025 to just over 166,900
• PrimaryEuropean Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) - Asylum applications down 23% in first half of 2025EU+ countries received 399,000 asylum applications in first half of 2025, a 23% decrease compared to first half of 2024
• PrimaryEurostat - Migration and asylum in Europe 2025In 2024, 913,000 first-time asylum applications in EU, decrease of 13% compared with 2023
• SecondaryEMN Belgium - EU+ asylum applications decreased by one fifth in 2025EU+ asylum applications decreased by one fifth (20%) in 2025 according to EUAA