The foreign‑born population of the EU grew to around 64 million in 2025. Germany remains the biggest host of immigrants in absolute terms, but some smaller nations have a much higher percentage of foreign-born residents.

Spain's new regularization scheme offers undocumented migrants a route to legal residence and work authorization, but applicants must move quickly and meet strict conditions to file before the June deadline.

Ireland has already begun processing asylum applications in line with the new EU migration and asylum pact, which is due to take effect across the EU on June 12. But despite getting ahead of the curve and experiencing a drop in the1

For the first time in years, Italy, which was at the forefront of Europe's general demographic decline, has reported that its population has remained largely stable over the last year. But, as more and more European countries strugg1