The Agency for Integration, Migration and Asylum AIMA Migration and Asylum published its annual report for the reference period of 2024.
Regarding asylum, some main observations of the report for 2024 were the following:
- Applications for international protection in 2024 show a decrease of 0.6% compared to the previous year
- Applicants from the African continent account for 58.2% and those from the Asian continent account for 20.8% of the total number of applications. Among the first five countries of origin of applicants were Senegal, Gambia, Colombia, Angola and Afghanistan.
- There has been an increase of 151.9% in unaccompanied minors seeking asylum compared to 2023. Most minor applicants came from Gambia and Senegal.