EU member states received over 1.2 million first-time asylum applications in 2015 …

„According to Eurostat, EU member states received over 1.2 million first-time asylum applications in 2015, more than double that of the previous year. Four states – Germany, Hungary, Sweden and Austria – received around two-thirds of the EU’s asylum applications in 2015, with Hungary, Sweden and Austria being the top recipients of asylum applications per capita.“
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Anthony Heath u. a., How do Europeans differ in their attitudes to immigration? (2019), S. 16.