Germany, Spain and Italy were the countries that received the most asylum applications in a European Union that registered 513 thousand applications. The initial approval rate is 46%.
The European Union (EU) received 513,000 applications for international protection by the end of June 2024, with an initial approval rate of 46%, with the Syrian population submitting the largest number of asylum applications.
According to a report released on Monday by the EU asylum agency, between January and June of this year 513,000 asylum applications were made for the countries of the community political bloc. Of this total, 46% of people were granted refugee status, as their need for protection was deemed proven.
Germany received 124,000 applications for temporary protection, a quarter of all applications made by the end of June.
Spain was the country with the second highest number of asylum applications (88,000), followed by Italy (85,000). Cyprus, which received 4,900 asylum applications, was the country with the highest percentage of applications per capita.
Syrian citizens who want to escape from the Bashar al-Assad regime and the country’s geopolitical instability, aggravated by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and Syria, were the countries that submitted the most applications to EU countries, 71,000 – an increase of 7% compared to the same period in 2023 – and the percentage of recognition of refugee status was 92%.
The number of Afghan citizens seeking asylum to escape the Taliban regime fell by 18 percent to 45,000 in the first six months of the year.
The number of applications for international protection is expected to increase in the second half of the year, with the EU expecting to exceed one million asylum applications by the end of December, the report said.
Source: Observadora
