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Asylum applications reach a record number in the EU, Albania tops the list in the Western Balkans

2023-02-23 13:12:18Aktualitet SHKRUAR NGA REDAKSIA VOX
Asylum applications reach a record number in the EU, Albania tops the list in
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About 966,000 people have sought international protection in the European Union in 2022, 50 percent more than a year earlier. According to the EU's asylum agency, this is the highest number of asylum seekers since the 2013 refugee crisis.

That does not include over 4 million Ukrainian refugees who received special temporary protection status from the EU in March last year.

Most asylum requests were made by Syrians, Afghans and Turks, but the number of applications from the Western Balkans, mainly from Kosovo, Albania, North Macedonia and Serbia, has also increased.

Albania has the highest number of asylum seekers, namely 13,043. Of these, 2,349 were repeat requests, while only 6 percent of applications were accepted.

According to the data, 3197 residents of Kosovo applied for asylum and this right was recognized for 8 percent of them.

According to the report, about 4 percent of asylum seekers were unaccompanied minors. This is the highest figure recorded since 2015.

The EU agency linked the increase in the number of asylum applications to the easing of restrictive measures due to the coronavirus pandemic, increased food insecurity and conflicts in many parts of the world. .

After more than 10 years of war and economic crisis, Syria continues to be the country with the most asylum seekers, namely 132,000 applications for asylum have been registered.


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