Spain will end the year 2025 with the maximum number of asylum requests in its history, according to figures managed by the Home Office by Fernando Grande-Marlaska. Workers see an average of 435 resolved requests per day that their primary … origins of citizens of Venezuela, Mali and Colombia.
These figures are known thanks to the deputy Nestor Rego Candamilof the Galician Nationalist Bloc (BNG), which requested in writing to know the current situation of refugees in Spain. Pedro Sánchez’s executive responded to their requests on November 26.
Thus, at the beginning of the document, the Ministry of the Interior reaffirms its commitment to strengthening and providing elements of rigor and quality to skills in matters of international protection. And the department of Fernando Grande-Marlaska created a General Directorate of International Protection.
“This structural modification made it possible to work and achieve an adaptation and enhancement of the List of positions (RPT) ”
In this sense, it is reported that, in comparative terms, compared to the resolutions raised so far this year, the average number of resolutions obtained is 13,075 resolutions/monthfar exceeding the 8,021 resolutions/month the previous year, according to data provided by Interior. These figures show that on average more than 435 requests are processed each day.
“All of the measures adopted have an impact on the gradual increase in the resolution capacity of international protection files of the Ministry of the Interior, since at the end of this year 2025, it should reach the historic maximum of international protection resolutions issued in one year. Thus, with a cumulative total of 116,567 resolutions so far in 2025have been exceeded to date, those achieved in 2024″, adds the Fernando Grande-Marlaska region.
Palestinian refugees
The BNG MP also requested information on the number of Palestinians formalizing this request. “Palestine recognition rates are significantly higher than the average obtained each year compared to the overall calculation of all nationalities,” they added in their response.
Concretely, in 2024, the rate of recognition of international protection obtained for the Palestinian population was one 89.885%compared to 18.52% which was the average. This year, 1,178 asylum applications for this nationality have been submitted, according to figures as of September 30.
However, the Interior does not give an answer concerning the deadlines for resolving refugee files because “It is not closed or concrete data”. And each case is analyzed individually and is subject to strong variations such as nationality. There are also specific circumstances that require additional interviews.
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