Overview
- CBS, citing IND data, reports 16,600 first-time asylum applications in January–September 2025, a 33% year-on-year decline.
- Third-quarter applications totaled 6,800, led by Eritrean nationals (990) with Syrians next (860).
- Syrian first-time claims in Q3 rose 45% from Q2, the first increase since the fall of the Assad regime in late 2024.
- Across the first nine months, Eritrean first-time applicants numbered 2,400—more than double year-earlier—while Syrian first-time applications fell to 2,400 from 8,900 a year ago.
- Family reunification reached 4,600 in Q3 (highest since 2017) and 12,100 for January–September, with about 3,100 of those arrivals from Syria.