The Ministry of the Interior reported updated statistics on applications for international protection for 1 January-31 December 2025. The main findings are:
- 14,928 persons applied for international protection (11,269 male and 3,659 female).
- The main nationalities were Russia (3,227 applicants), Türkiye (2,597), Afghanistan (1,365), Syria (1,253), and Bangladesh (954).
- Of these, 1,229 applicants were minors (1,202 male and 27 female).
- 24 applicants were granted refugee status (17 male and 7 female), and 1 (male) applicant was granted subsidiary protection.
- Croatia received 1,364 incoming Dublin transfers, mainly from Germany (572), France (178), Switzerland (172), Austria (149), and the Netherlands (123), and carried out 28 outgoing transfers.
More information is available at this link (in Croatian).
Source(s)
- Ministry of the Interior | Ministarstvo unutarnjih poslova (21 January, 2026), Statistika: Tražitelji međunarodne zaštite [Statistics: Applicants for international protection],