As of January 2025, Austria received 1,918 asylum applications, a 16% decrease from the previous year. The majority of the applications came from Afghans (33%), followed closely by Syrians (32%). Russians made up 4% of the total. Notably, more than half of the applications (54%) pertained to children.
The number of granted asylum applications and protection measures has seen a massive decline. In January 2025, there were only 538 positive decisions, a 73% drop from the previous year. Syrian applicants were particularly affected, with a 98% decline in positive decisions.
Afghans received the largest share of positive decisions (329), followed by Somalis (74) and Iranians (24). Syrians, who had previously led the statistics, fell to fourth place with only 23 positive decisions.
Austria, with around 1,900 asylum applications in January 2025, ranks eighth in the EU. Only a third of the applications came from newly arrived asylum seekers. Family reunifications accounted for 12%, multiple applications for 31% and newborn children for 24% of the remaining applications.
The Austrian Integration Fund (ÖIF) regularly publishes current data on asylum, migration and integration, covering topics such as unemployment, population development and naturalizations – an essential foundation for a fact-based public debate.