After the peak in 2015 following the refugee crisis in Europe that year, the number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors in Sweden dropped radically. Whereas over 35,000 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Sweden in 2015, it dropped to around 2,000 in 2016. By 2023, the number was just above 300. In total, more than 12,600 people applied for asylum in Sweden that year.
Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors in Sweden from 2013 to 2023
Characteristic
Number of applications
2023
339
2022
630
2021
523
2020
500
2019
902
2018
944
2017
1,336
2016
2,199
2015
35,369
2014
7,049
2013
3,852
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Migrationsverket. (July 8, 2024). Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors in Sweden from 2013 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved February 20, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1299862/sweden-number-asylum-applications-unaccompanied-minors/
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