The European Migration Network has released its Annual Report on Migration and Asylum for 2023, published alongside a Statistical Annex developed by Eurostat. The Annual Report is a comprehensive document outlining the most significant legal and policy developments and statistical trends that occurred in 2023 at European Union (EU) level, across EMN Member (EU Member States except Denmark) and Observer Countries, including Norway, Georgia, Moldova, Ukraine, and Serbia and statistical inputs provided by Armenia and Montenegro. Please find below the Greek contribution, the full synthesis report and the statistical annex, as well as the shorter Inform and Flash of the Report.

This EMN Annual Report on Migration and Asylum explores trends on migration and asylum in 2022, providing an overview of the key developments in the contributing EMN Member and Observer Countries throughout 2022. The most significant event that marked this period was the influx of people escaping the war in Ukraine, which led to the activation of the Temporary Protection Directive. This new challenge added to already existing ones including related to demography, labour market, and the impact of migration on Member States’ societies.

This EMN Annual Report on Migration and Asylum provides a comprehensive overview of the key developments in the EU Member States, Norway and Georgia in 2021. EU countries continued to experience the effects of COVID-19 and to tackle challenges of the health crisis on integration, labour market needs and living conditions of migrants.