As recorded by the source, Moroccans ranked as the foreign nationality with more residents in Spain in 2023, closely followed by Romanians. After years of losing its foreign population, Spain’s immigration figures started to pick up in 2015, with the number of people that moved to the Mediterranean country surpassing the number of foreigners that decided to leave.

A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2022, Colombians ranked first as the foreign nationality that most relocated to Spain, distantly followed by Moroccans and Ukranians.

Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately 15 million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2022. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood slightly over seven million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died ore gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.

The most important key figures about population, households, birth, mortality, changes of residence, marriages, marriage dissolutions and change of nationality of the Dutch population.

Statistics Netherlands will reorganise the tables relating to statistics on population and households as of 2015. The aim is to reduce the number of tables while striving to preserve (much) needed information.

Data available from: 1899

Status of the figures: All data in this publication are final data.

Changes as from 29 December 2017: The final data of 2016 regarding 'Mortality by some causes of death' have been added.

Changes as from 18 October 2017: - The terms ‘People with a Dutch background’ (in Dutch: autochtoon) and ‘People with a foreign background’ (in Dutch: allochtoon) have been revised. They have been replaced by ‘Native Dutch people’ and ‘People with a migration background’ respectively. The terms in this table have been replaced as a result. - The underlying coding of classifications used in this table has been adjusted. It is now in line with the standard encoding defined by CBS. The structure and data of the table have not been adjusted.

Changes as from 10 October 2017: - The figure on the 'Population on 1 January, persons with Surinamese background' in 2015 has been corrected. This correction is due to a rounding error. The correction does not affect the remaining figures in the table. - Figures on the subject 'Mortality' and the selection 'Mortality by causes of death' have been corrected for the year 2014. These corrections are due to the fact that the correct average population was not taken as a basis. The corrections do not affect the remaining figures in the table.

When will the new figures be published? The following figures will be published in the fourth quarter of 2022: The figures on population dynamics concerning 2017 to 2021 and about the population on the 1st of January 2018 to 1st of January 2022.

Between 1960 and 1990, the foreign population of all selected Western European countries grew significantly. In these years, the share of foreign populations in Switzerland and France grew by 77 and 36 percent respectively, while the share foreign populations in Germany and Denmark were six to eight times larger by 1990. Between 1976 and 1990, the share of foreign populations also grew in most of these countries, albeit at a much lower rate; however the share of the foreign population in France actually decreased in this time, as the French government introduced a number of assimilation policies in the 1970s which granted citizenship to a large share of immigrants (the share also decreased in Switzerland, however this was due to differing calculation methods**).

2019 data for European Union states can be found here.

In the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, the majority of documented migration to the United States of American came from European countries. Between 1820 and 1957, of the approximate 41 million migrants to the US, over 34 million of these came from Europe. The most commonly documented countries of origin during this time were Germany (6.6 million), Italy (4.9 million), Ireland (4.6 million), Great Britain (4.5 million), and Russia (3.4 million). The first wave of mass migration came in the 1850s, as the Great famine crippled Ireland's population, and many in rural areas of mainland Europe struggled to adapt to industrialization, and economic opportunities attracted many in the 1870s, following the American Civil War. The 1880s saw another wave, as steam powered ships and lower fares made trans-Atlantic journeys much more affordable. The first wave of mass migration from Eastern and Southern Europe also arrived at this time, as industrialization and agricultural advancements led to high unemployment in these regions.

The majority of migrants to the United States settled in major urban centers, which allowed the expansion of industry, leading to the United States' emergence as one of the leading global economies at the turn of the twentieth century. The largest wave of migration to the United states during this period came in the first fifteen years of the 1900s. The influx of migrants from Northern and Western Europe had now been replaced by an influx from Eastern and Southern Europe (although migration from the British Isles was still quite high during this time). European migration fell to it's lowest levels in eighty years during the First World War, before fluctuating again in the interwar period, due to the Great Depression. As the twentieth century progressed, the continent with the highest levels of migration to the US gradually changed from Europe to Latin America, as economic opportunities in Western Europe improved, and the US' relationship with the Soviet Union and other Eastern, communist states became complicated.

This table contains forecasts (including intervals) of the population of The Netherlands on 1 January by age groups (three age-groups) and population dynamics: live births, deaths and external migration. Furthermore, the table contains information about the total fertility rate, demographic pressure and (period) life expectancy at birth and at age 65 by sex.

Data available from: 2017-2060

Status of the figures: The figures in this table are calculated forecasts.

Changes as of 19 December 2017: In this new table, the previous forecast is adjusted based on the most recent insights, the forecast period now runs from 2017 to 2060.

When will new figures be published? New figures will appear December 2020.

Between 1960 and 1990, the foreign population of all selected Western European countries grew significantly. In West Germany, the foreign population grew from fewer than 700 thousand in 1960 to almost four million in 1976; the German total was over five million by the time of reunification in 1990. France and the United Kingdom respectively had the second and third largest foreign populations in 1976 and 1990, although figures are unavailable for 1960 (however, France's total foreign population would have been higher than Germany's in 1960, based on separate percentage and population figures). .

2019 data for European Union states can be found here.

India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Spain data was reported at 81,442.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 76,342.000 Person for 2016. India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Spain data is updated yearly, averaging 24,411.000 Person from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2017, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 81,442.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 7,532.000 Person in 1984. India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Spain data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.QB002: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Countries (Annual).

In this paper we focus on the ways in which immigration and unemployment interact and affect the probability of voting for an extreme right (ER) party in Europe. We begin by replicating the results from “Contextual Factors and the Extreme Right Vote in Western Europe, 1980-2002” by Arzheimer (2009), which finds that immigration (measured by the number of asylum seekers) and unemployment have positive marginal effects and, counterintuitively, a negative interaction effect. We challenge Arzheimer’s (2009) employment of asylum seekers as a proxy for immigration and instead suggest two alternate, more direct measures: net migration and percent of foreign population. Using these new measures, we find a positive interaction effect between immigration and unemployment.

Global matrices of bilateral migrant stocks spanning the period 1960-2000, disaggregated by gender and based primarily on the foreign-born concept are presented. Over one thousand census and population register records are combined to construct decennial matrices corresponding to the last five completed census rounds. For the first time, a comprehensive picture of bilateral global migration over the last half of the twentieth century emerges. The data reveal that the global migrant stock increased from 92 to 165 million between 1960 and 2000. South-North migration is the fastest growing component of international migration in both absolute and relative terms. The United States remains the most important migrant destination in the world, home to one fifth of the world’s migrants and the top destination for migrants from no less than sixty sending countries. Migration to Western Europe remains largely from elsewhere in Europe. The oil-rich Persian Gulf countries emerge as important destinations for migrants from the Middle East, North Africa and South and South-East Asia. Finally, although the global migrant stock is still predominantly male, the proportion of women increased noticeably between 1960 and 2000.

Migration in Europe in 2024 marks a return to normality after the extreme disruptions experienced in 2022. While in 2022 ******* saw the largest negative net migration balance, with almost * million of its citizens fleeing the eastern European country in the aftermath of Russia's invasion, in 2024 it is in fact the country with the largest positive net migration balance. Over **** million Ukrainians have returned to their home country from abroad, leading Poland, Romania, and Hungary to have large net migration deficits, as they were key recipient countries for Ukrainians in 2022. The other countries which experienced large positive net migration balances in 2023 are all in Western Europe, as the UK, the Netherlands, France, Italy, and Spain all remain popular destinations for migrants.

This data collection is the 1990 version of a quadrennial study designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of the general public and of a select group of opinion leaders (or elites) on matters relating to foreign policy. The primary objectives of this study were to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision makers must operate and to compare the attitudes of the general public with those of opinion leaders. For the purposes of this study, "opinion leaders" are defined as those who are in positions of leadership in government, academia, business and labor, the media, religious institutions, special interest groups, and private foreign policy organizations. Both general public and elite respondents were questioned regarding the biggest problems/foreign policy problems facing the United States today, spending levels for various federal government programs, the role of Congress in determining foreign policy, the impact of foreign policy on things such as prices and unemployment, economic aid to other nations, military aid/selling military equipment to other nations, the role of the United States in world affairs, the Bush administration's handling of various problems, government reactions to situations in Kuwait, Panama, and China, the importance of various countries to America's vital interests, possible threats/adversaries to the United States in coming years, and the use of United States military troops in other parts of the world. Other topics covered include the relative importance of several foreign policy goals, United States relations with the Soviet Union, Cuba, and Vietnam, NATO and keeping troops in western Europe, the military role of Japan and Germany, the economic unification of western Europe, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, policy options to reduce dependence on foreign oil, the illegal drug problem, free trade, and the respondent's political party affiliation and the strength of that affiliation. In addition, general populace respondents were asked to indicate their level of political activity, how closely they followed news about several current issues and events, and to rate various foreign countries and American and foreign leaders on a feeling thermometer scale. Demographic characteristics such as religious preference, marital status, employment status, household composition, education, age, Hispanic origin, race, sex, and income also were gathered for these respondents.

Nearly **** of the migrant workers in the world were based in the high-income regions of Southern, Northern, and Western Europe as well as Northern America. Another ** percent were based in Arab States. In 2019, there were around *** million migrant workers worldwide. The American melting pot While Northern America has the second highest proportion of migrant workers globally, the United States has the highest number of migrant workers out of every country globally. In 2022, the United States had ** million foreign-born workers. By comparison, Germany, which has the second highest number of migrant workers, had **** million foreign-born workers in 2022. Moreover, over *** million people received legal permanent residence status in the United States in 2022. Japanese population crisis East Asia has a small proportion of migrant workers worldwide, at *** percent of the total. Many East Asian nations have stricter barriers to migration compared to other regions. For a nation like Japan, which has a shrinking population, these policies present major challenges. In 2022, foreign nationals only accounted for *** percent of Japan’s total population. In the face of an aging, decreasing population, over **** of companies in Japan report shortages of full-time employees, despite Japan’s low unemployment rate.

India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Italy data was reported at 111,915.000 Person in 2017. This records an increase from the previous number of 95,417.000 Person for 2016. India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Italy data is updated yearly, averaging 51,138.000 Person from Dec 1981 (Median) to 2017, with 37 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 111,915.000 Person in 2017 and a record low of 23,187.000 Person in 1985. India Visitors Arrivals: Western Europe: Italy data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by Ministry of Tourism. The data is categorized under Global Database’s India – Table IN.QB002: Foreign Tourist Arrivals: by Countries (Annual).

This study is part of a quadrennial series designed to investigate the opinions and attitudes of both the general public and a select group of opinion leaders (or elites) on matters relating to foreign policy, and to define the parameters of public opinion within which decision-makers must operate. Both general public and elite respondents were queried regarding the biggest problems facing the United States, the spending levels for various federal government programs, the role of Congress in determining foreign policy, the impact of foreign policy on issues like prices and unemployment, and the Clinton Administration's handling of various problems such as the overall foreign policy, the overall trade policy, immigration, and the relations with Latin America, Japan, Russia, Cuba, Vietnam, and the Middle East. Questions were also asked about the government's reactions to the ongoing situations in Bosnia, North Korea, Haiti, Cuba, Rwanda, and the Middle East, the importance of various countries to America's vital interests, and possible adversaries or threats to the United States in the near future. Issues like the presence of NATO troops in Western Europe, the military role of Japan and Germany, the economic unification of Western Europe, the Israeli-Palestinian dispute, the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and the illegal drugs problem were also explored. In addition, the elites were asked several questions about their political party affiliation and the strength of that affiliation. Demographic data such as religious preference, marital status, employment status, household composition, education, age, Hispanic origin, race, sex, and income were only collected for the general population sample.

******** ranked as the country of origin of the largest immigration group arriving into Spain in 2023, as revealed by the latest data. Over ******* people migrated from the South American country to Spain that year. The second largest group was comprised by ********* with around ******* newcomers. A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2023, Moroccans ranked first as the foreign nationality residing Spain, followed by people from Romania and the Colombians. Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East and Africa. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately ** million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2023. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood over ***** million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died or gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.

Questions on the European Election and the EU. Women in politics and economy. Policies on foreigners. Topics: Trust in the citizens of the individual countries of the EU as well as in the Americans, Japanese and Russians; political interest and interest in European policies; attitude to unification of Western Europe; advantageousness of membership of one´s own country in the EU; current balance of advantages from the EU and that expected in five years; regret of a possible failure of the EU; satisfaction with the functioning of democracy in one´s country as well as in the EU; preference for increased political decisions at European level. European Election: registration for the election to the European Parliament; personal election participation in the European Election; reasons for not participating in the election; party voted for; significance of quota of women realized by a party for one´s own voting decision; knowledge test about the familiarity of selected politicians at European as well as national level; popularity of prime ministers John Major, Felipe Gonzales, Francois Mitterrand and Helmut Kohl; knowledge test about the membership of selected countries in the European Union; judgement on the speed of unification of the European countries and desired speed of EU unification; approval of a European Government responsible to a European Parliament; self-classification as European; trust in the decisions of the European Union, the European Commission, the national government, the European Court of Justice, the Council of Ministers, the national parliament and the European Parliament considering the national and individual interests of the people; good and bad sides of the European Parliament; assessment of the power of the national parliament and the European Parliament on a scale as well as expected future influence of these parliaments on the affairs of the respondent; attitude to the idea of further development of the European Union into the United States of Europe; type of personal contact with advertising in the election campaign for the European Election; voting for party or voting for candidate in the European Election as well as in the national parliament; personal position as well as assumed position of the national parties regarding a common European currency, an extensive European employment program and elimination of borders between the European countries; most important political problems; party most able to solve the political problems and classification of controversies as regional, national or European problem; general judgement on the advantageousness of the Common Market; attitude to a common currency (ECU). Women in business and politics: gender-specific preferences in the voting decision for the candidate (not in all countries); institutions and bodies in which women in decision-making positions would be particularly reasonable; desire for more female candidates in the political parties in the European Election. Policies on foreigners: too many foreigners in one´s country; attitude to an extension of the rights for foreigners; persons seeking asylum as a problem for one´s own country; European country with presumably the greatest influx of immigrants and persons seeking asylum. Demography: self-classification and classification of national parties on a left-right continuum; party inclination and party preference (Sunday question and classification of the probability of voting for every individual party); party sympathy of father during the youth of respondent; behavior at the polls in the last national election; personal membership or membership of member of household in a trade union; age at conclusion of training; possession of durable economic goods; responsibility of respondent for household income or for housekeeping; self-classification of social class; religiousness; possession of a telephone. The following question was also posed in Germany, France, Italy, the Netherlands and Great Britain: sympathy for as well as membership in an environmental protection organization, peace movement, organization opposing nuclear power well as in a women´s movement. The following questions were also posed in Denmark: attitude to Danish membership in the EU; behavior at the polls in the referendum on the Maastricht Treaty; major reasons for the behavior at the polls in the European Election; attitude to leaving the EU; time of voting decision. Also encoded were: date of interview; time of start of in...

The main topics of this Eurobarometer are: 1. Attitude to European unification. Detailed determination of knowledge about political committees, personalities and institutions in the country of respondent as well as at European level. 2. Attitude to marriage, family and children. Topics: Eligibility to vote at place of residence; contentment with life; satisfaction with democracy; personal opinion leadership and frequency of political discussions; postmaterialism; frequency of obtaining news from television, radio and newspapers; knowledge about EC membership of one's own country and knowledge about other EC members; trust in the population of selected countries; satisfaction with democracy in the EC; extent to which informed about the EC and knowledge about EC institutions; interest in European policies; attitude to unification of Western Europe; advantageousness of EC membership of one's own country; long-term expected balance of advantages and disadvantages of EC membership for the country; regret of a possible failure of the EC; importance of European unification for respondent; approval of a European Government responsible to a European Parliament; attitude to the EC Commission and knowledge of this institution; hopes or fears regarding the European domestic market and expected effects on one's own situation in life as well as on one's own country; decision behavior with a referendum about the Maastricht Treaty; self-assessment of level of information about this treaty; attitude to selected possibilities of European cooperation in monetary policy, social policy, foreign policy, combating crime, the right to vote, the economy and defense (scale); significance of the EC institution; attitude to replacement of national currency by the ECU; preferred countries for expansion of the EC; attitude to admission of Southern European job-seekers, Eastern European emigrants and applicants for political asylum into the EC and attitude to unrestricted choice of place of residence by EC citizens within Europe; judgement on the proportion of foreigners in one's country; perceived disturbance from presence of people of other nationality, race or religion; significance of the problem of applicants for asylum for the country; naming of the EC country with the most immigrants or applicants for political asylum as well as designation of the country with a particularly antisemitic and hostile attitude regarding immigrants; most important sources of information about the EC; trustworthiness of individual sources of information about the EC; political knowledge test: stating the total number of EC countries and knowledge of the capital of one's own country; knowledge of the seat of the EC Commission as well as of the president of this commission in Brussels; knowledge about the federal chancellor or prime minister of one's own country; knowledge about the individual members of the European Commission; knowledge about the highest legislative instutitions in one's own country; identification of the most powerful EC institution; knowledge about the national head of state and his powers; knowledge about the composition of the European Council; knowledge about the names of members of the national government; party preference in the election to the EC parliament 1994; knowledge of a national member of the European Parliament; positive or negative impression of the European Parliament; assessment of the significance of the European Parliament; preference for a more significant role of the European Parliament; assessment of adequate control powers of the European Parliament; trust in the controllability of the European Community by the national parliament, European Commission, national government, European Parliament, public, Council of Ministers, European Court of Justice as well as organizations; preference for decisions at national or European level in selected areas of politics and society; knowledge about the eligible voters for the European Parliament; intent to participate in the next national election and in the next election to the European Parliament; most important reasons for non-participation in the next election to the European Parliament; country with the greatest influence in Europe; sympathy for the German Federal Chancellor Kohl; danger to peace in Europe from a united Germany. Preference for a uniform end of summer time in all of Europe; preferred point in time for a change of summer time. Family: importance of selected aspec...

Judgement on current situation in life and political and economic development of the country in times of economic and social upheaval.

Topics: 1. Common part of the survey for all participating countries: most important problems of the country; intent to emigrate and country of choice; desired occupation for one´s own child; judgement on the work of the president of the country; fears and desires for the future; assessment of current standard of living and comparison with the situation five years ago and expected future development; judgement on the situation of the country in comparison over time; preference for freedom or social security; attitude to admission of undemocratic parties; attitude to freedom of the press; perceived discrimination against women; attitude to division of labor in raising children; judgement on conduct of parliamentary representatives and attitude to democracy in the country (scale); feeling of political effectiveness; internal or external control; achievement orientation; attitude to the national economy; demand for increased environmental protection; desire for foreign support for one´s country; the government as guarantor of equal opportunities and social security; welfare state; necessity of the willingness to compromise in politics; interest in politics at municipal level; diminishing interest in political events; self-assessment as patriot; attitude to securing of peace through military strength; readiness for national defense; necessity of participation of one´s country in world politics; claims to territory in neighboring countries; attitude to restriction on immigration; attitude to use of military for restoration of world order.

Religion and morals: importance of prayer and significance of God in one´s own life; doubt in the existence of God; attitude to prohibition of books critical of society and to sex magazines and films; attitude to freedom of speech even for fascists; assessment of the general trustworthiness of people; AIDS as punishment by God; representation of traditional values in the area of family and marriage; attitude to abortion; clear concepts of Good and Evil; perceived intensification of class differences; assessment of personal things in common with uneducated and persons of another race or ethnic affiliation; satisfaction with one´s own financial situation.

Demography: party membership; union membership; residential status; city size; religiousness.

1. Additional questions in this survey: judgement on political and economic changes; changes in the last few years; particularly positive and negative changes; judgement on the speed of transition to the free market economy; judgement on the influence of the media and selected organizations as well as institutions on the country; assessment of the influence of foreign nations on one´s country; threat to the nation from within or without; occupation outside of one´s home; work satisfaction; satisfaction with employer; attitude to Gorbachev, Bush, Kohl, the Pope, Heinrich Boell, Guenter Grass, Willi Brandt, Wolf Biermann, the UN and the European Community; attitude to the Germans in the eastern part of the country, American soldiers in the Federal Republic, ethnic Germans, Romas, gipsies, Vietnamese, Poles, Soviet emigrants and Turks; attitude to advertising (scale); acceptance of advertising in selected media; desired establishing of prices through demand, production costs or government determination; attitude to use of weapons in countries of the third world; party preference; most reliable alliance partner for one´s own country; countries from which the greatest threat originates; identification as European as well as West German or German; assumed changes of East Germans through life in the communist system; expectation of acts of violence before withdrawal of Soviet troops; judgement on the speed of unification; estimated time required until achievement of equivalent living conditions in both parts of Germany; characterization of the Germans in the other part of Germany; improvement in personal living conditions since unification and expected development in the next few years; judgement on the costs of unification; attitude to moving by ethnic Germans; most important fears; perceived influence of former STASI employees on society; attitude to publication of STASI files; judgement on the effects of social changes on the standard of living, moral concepts, public morals, dealing of people with one another...

In 2024, Russia had the largest population among European countries at ***** million people. The next largest countries in terms of their population size were Turkey at **** million, Germany at **** million, the United Kingdom at **** million, and France at **** million. Europe is also home to some of the world’s smallest countries, such as the microstates of Liechtenstein and San Marino, with populations of ****** and ****** respectively. Europe’s largest economies Germany was Europe’s largest economy in 2023, with a Gross Domestic Product of around *** trillion Euros, while the UK and France are the second and third largest economies, at *** trillion and *** trillion euros respectively. Prior to the mid-2000s, Europe’s fourth-largest economy, Italy, had an economy that was of a similar sized to France and the UK, before diverging growth patterns saw the UK and France become far larger economies than Italy. Moscow and Istanbul the megacities of Europe Two cities on the eastern borders of Europe were Europe’s largest in 2023. The Turkish city of Istanbul, with a population of 15.8 million, and the Russian capital, Moscow, with a population of 12.7 million. Istanbul is arguably the world’s most famous transcontinental city with territory in both Europe and Asia and has been an important center for commerce and culture for over 2,000 years. Paris was the third largest European city with a population of ** million, with London being the fourth largest at *** million.

Even though Spain has been losing its nationals for most of the last decade, the inflow migration figures of the Mediterranean country saw an increase over the last few years. The year 2022 was the second year after 2020 in which the migration inflow fell compared to the previous year. Nevertheless, the population of Spain has been growing for many years and was projected to increase by one million by 2027.

A matter of balance The net migration rate of Spain changed its course mainly due to the great inflow of foreigners that move to reside in the Mediterranean country. Spain’s immigration flow slowed down after the 2008 financial crisis, albeit the number of foreigners that opted to change their residence saw a significant growth in the last years. In 2022, Colombians ranked first as the foreign nationality that most relocated to Spain, distantly followed by Moroccans and Ukrainians.

Spain does not have the highest number of immigrants in Europe In recent years, the European Union confronted a rising number of refugees arriving from the Middle East. Migration figures show that Germany accommodated approximately 15 million foreign-born citizens, ranking it as the country that most hosted immigrants in Europe in 2022. By comparison, Spain’s foreign population stood over seven million, positioning the Western Mediterranean country third on the European list of foreign-born population. Unfortunately, thousands of persons have died ore gone missing trying to reach Spanish territory, as more and more irregular migrants opt to use dangerous maritime routes to arrive at Southern Europe from Africa's coasts.