The General Inspectorate for Immigration (GII) announced on 8 August 2025 that there were 608 asylum applications lodged in the first half of 2025 (from 1 January to 30 June 2025).
The number decreased compared to 2024, when there were 1,312 applications for the same period.
Most asylum applications were registered for citizens from Syria (184), Iraq (71), Sudan (55) and Afghanistan (36). GII noted that 70% of asylum applications (493 applications) were submitted to GII, mostly at the Regional Center for Procedures and Accommodation for Asylum Seekers in Bucharest (250 applications, representing 36% of the number of applications submitted at the national level). At the same time, 30% of applications (209 applications) were submitted in 2025 to the border police. The difference of 0.3% (2) was submitted to other competent structures.