31% more asylum applications in 2022, a figure very close to the previous record

In 2022, the Ministry of the Interior recorded 137,046 first asylum applications. According to provisional statistics published on Thursday, this number increased by 31.3% compared to 2021. A near-record figure, the previous peak dating from 2019 with 138,420 first requests. All cases included (re-examinations, minors, Dublin procedures, etc.), they even exceed the pre-pandemic record with 156,103 requests in 2022 (151,283 in 2019).

The Interior Ministry also announced that more than 34,000 undocumented foreigners were regularized in 2022, up 8% from 2021.

Increase in evictions

Expulsions increased by 15% over the same period, with 15,396 removals in 2022. The increase in “exceptional admissions to stay” is driven by the increase in regularizations of undocumented employees (+29.1% in 2022). That of expulsions is linked to “the priority (…) given to delinquent foreigners: 3,615 delinquent foreigners were deported in 2022, against 1,834 in 2021, i.e. twice as many”, reacted on Twitter the Minister of the Interior, Gérald Darmanin .

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