Written question – Impact of illegal immigration on housing and urban centres in the EU – E-002475/2025

Question for written answer  E-002475/2025
to the Commission
Rule 144
Afroditi Latinopoulou (PfE)

In addition to surging crime rates, the ghettoisation of urban centres and social unrest, the uncontrolled influx of illegal immigrants on the European continent has led to a serious lack of available housing, and thus skyrocketing rental prices. Will the Commission therefore answer the following:

• 1.What data does it have on the correlation between the increase in the number of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers and the availability of housing in the EU cities where concentrations thereof have been observed?
• 2.What measures has it taken to support Member States and cities in which the housing problem has demonstrably worsened as a direct consequence of illegal immigration?
• 3.Does it intend to propose financial instruments aimed at relieving urban centres that shoulder a disproportionate burden due to the concentration of illegal immigrants and asylum seekers, in order to ensure social cohesion and affordable housing for European citizens?

Submitted: 18.6.2025