Overview

• Germany lodged 20,574 transfer requests from January through June under the Dublin Regulation but completed just 3,109 returns, marking a 15.1% execution rate.
• Italy denied all 3,824 of Germany’s return requests, making it the only major EU partner to block Dublin transfers entirely.
• Greece approved only 78 of 3,554 requests and carried out just 20 transfers, reflecting persistent political resistance.
• Germany accepted 2,326 of 7,937 incoming requests from other member states, a 29.3% acceptance rate that outpaces its outgoing transfers.
• The striking disparity in transfer outcomes underscores ongoing administrative bottlenecks and bilateral standoffs that challenge the EU’s asylum responsibility system.