EMN publishes Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO) 2025 across EMN member and observer countries; irregular arrivals and asylum applications drop in 2025
BAMF - Bundesamt für Migration und Flüchtlinge - The European Migration Network - Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO) 2025
Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO) 2025 , Date: 28
2026 , format: Report , area: Authority
The EMN has published the Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO) 2025, providing a comprehensive overview of the main legal, policy and operational developments in asylum and migration across EMN Member and Observer Countries, including relevant statistics from Eurostat.
The AMO is the EMNs annual flagship publication. It addresses a wide range of aspects relating to asylum, migration, integration and return and provides a comprehensive overview of trends and policy developments. It is based on contributions from EMN National Contact Points in the EMN Member and Observer Countries, including a statistical annex from Eurostat. The AMO offers a valuable resource for policymakers, practitioners, researchers, and the general public, seeking to understand the complex issues surrounding migration and asylum in Europe.
Key developments in 2025 included:
Irregular arrivals to the EU and applications for international protection continued to drop, despite geopolitical volatility
The European Commission adopted its first European Annual Asylum and Migration Report in November 2025
The 40th anniversary of the Schengen Agreement, alongside the full accession of Bulgaria and Romania to the Schengen Area
The launch of the Entry
Exit System (EES) in October 2025
At national level, migration and asylum policies in 2025 increasingly reflected parallel trends, combining the selective opening of legal pathways with tighter controls on admission and stay.
The full report and the statistical annex can be found on the website of the European Commission .
Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO) 2025
Asylum and Migration Overview (AMO)