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In the first half of 2025, applications seeking asylum in the European Union dropped by 23%, the EU's asylum agency said Monday.

The Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) said 399,000 new applications were lodged between January and June, down 114,000, or 23%, from the same period in 2024.

Germany lost its spot as the most preferred country for asylum seekers and saw the biggest decline in asylum applications standing at a 43% drop.

It was followed by followed by Italy and Spain, which saw 25% and 13% declines, respectively.

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[–] azimir@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 day ago

Germany's government is also pointing out that the nation needs 100's of thousands of skilled workers to fill jobs. The local training services aren't seeking the enrollments needed to fill the jobs, so where do they come from?

The usual suspects are in huge demand (MSTEM fields), but also anyone skilled in the trades is in high demand.

That's not the same as asylum seekers in general, but with falling birthrates, the EU must import people or the current models must change away from oligarchy-oriented capitalism. Given how the rich people move the decision making, but those same people push right wing populism to oppress populations, they end up in a cleft fork: not enough local workers to feed the baby crushing machine, while requiring xenophobia to maintain their power base. Once the situation becomes untenable, they turn to fascism to maintain their power.

Tough times ahead, just like usual.