Reasoning:

• The analysis of official EU immigration data shows that total immigration inflows to the EU rose from approximately 3.19 million in 2014 to 5.68 million in 2024, an increase of about 78% — far below the claimed 1000% increase¹.
• The EU’s foreign-born population grew from roughly 40 million in 2010 to about 64 million in 2025, representing roughly a 60% increase over 15 years, not 1000% over 10 years².
• Asylum applications to EU countries peaked in 2015 at 1.2 million and were around 900,000 in 2024, which is below the 2015 peak rather than a 1000% increase³.
• Irregular arrivals in Europe totaled about 189,000 in 2022, which is far lower than the numbers seen during the 2015–2016 crisis, again contradicting a 1000% increase claim⁴.
• No major immigration metric — total inflows, foreign-born population, asylum applications, or irregular arrivals — supports anything close to a 1000% increase over the past decade.

Overall validity: 0%

1. immigration and migration inflows to Europe over the past 10 years trend percentage change
2. The Immigrant Population in the European Union: Growth, Concentration and Dispersion – RFBerlin
3. Fact focus: A look at Trump’s UN claims about irregular migration in Europe – NBC New York
4. Europe | World Migration Report - IOM