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Italy rejects 2,220 Nigerian asylum seekers as 4,120 purposes stay pending

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October 23, 2026

Joseph Imo

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Italy rejects 2,220 Nigerian asylum seekers as 4,120 applications remain pending

Italy rejected 2,220 asylum purposes from Nigerians in 2025, whereas one other 4,120 instances remained unresolved on the finish of the yr.

The figures have been contained within the 2025 Italy Country Report of the Asylum Information Database (AIDA), which recorded 3,385 asylum purposes from Nigerians through the yr.

According to the report, 3,390 choices have been made on Nigerian instances, with 660 candidates granted refugee standing, 55 receiving subsidiary safety and 460 acquiring particular safety beneath Italian regulation.

In complete, 1,175 Nigerians obtained some type of safety, representing an approval fee of 34.66 per cent, above Italy’s nationwide common of 30 per cent.

Nigeria was additionally the one sub-Saharan African nation among the many 10 nationalities with the best variety of asylum purposes in Italy.

The report revealed that Italy obtained 126,635 first-time asylum requests in 2025, down from 151,120 in 2024.

It additionally recorded 16 unaccompanied Nigerian youngsters amongst minors who utilized for asylum through the yr.

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