In 2022, France was the third receiving country in the EU with 431,000 arrivals of new immigrants, behind Germany (2 million) and Spain (1.3 million) Comparing this figure to the population, France finds itself at the bottom of the ranking with six new immigrants per 1,000 inhabitants. In 2023, the European Union and its associated countries saw a record influx of asylum applications, reaching 1.14 million.
Germany emerged as the main destination, with 334,000 requests, or almost a third of the total.