The Migrantes Foundation, a pastoral body of the Italian Episcopal Conference (CEI), has published the ninth edition of the report on the right to asylum, entitled The Right to Asylum. 2025 Report - Asylum Seekers: Retained Hopes. The document offers a detailed analysis of global, European, and national dynamics related to people fleeing war, persecution, climate crisis, and autocratic regimes.

According to the estimates of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) the total number of forcibly displaced people globally has reached 117.3 million, following a slight decline in mid-2025, driven by often risky and involuntary repatriations. The same data also shows an increase in the number of refugees abroad, which has risen to 31.27 million, and highlights how over 70% of the world's population currently lives in autocratic contexts. At the global level, the report also analyzes the impact of US migration policies during the second Trump administration and the progressive subordination of international cooperation to security concerns.

At the European and Italian levels, the publication highlights a trend of externalizing the responsibility to ensure the right to asylum, citing critical issues of the new European Pact on Migration and Asylum and the so-called "Albania model." In Italy, although approximately 59,000 people disembarked between January and October 2025 (+7% compared to 2024), asylum applications in the first eight months of 2025 decreased by 20% (approximately 85,000). At the same time, the institutional response is becoming more severe: in the first half of 2025, the Territorial Commissions' denial rate reached 69.5%, equal to over two-thirds of requests.

Regarding refugee flows, the approach in Italy continues to be predominantly emergency-based. Approximately 70% of those welcomed reside in Extraordinary Reception Centers (CAS), compared to 27% in the ordinary Reception and Integration System (SAI) network. Furthermore, a UNHCR survey reveals that 67% of beneficiaries of protection in Italy live in relative poverty, compared to 17% of Italian citizens.

The report finally recalls the value of Article 10 of the Constitution to protect the right to asylum and of Article 13 to protect personal freedom, urging the overcoming of emergency logic and the full affirmation of human dignity.