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Germany is the main destination for asylum seekers in the EU. A quarter of all initial asylum applications are made here. Most asylum seekers come from Syria.
355,955 asylum applications were submitted to the European Union from January to September 2021. The largest number of applications was submitted in Germany. With 100,240 asylum applications from January to September 2021, Germany is at the top of the EU countries in which people seek protection from persecution. In second place is France with 73,255 asylum applications.
These figures were published in a report by the EU Statistical Agency, Eurostat. According to the media, the number of asylum applications in Germany has increased by 15 percent compared to the same period a year ago. The percentage of claims made in Germany compared to other EU countries has also increased from 24.3 percent in 2020 to 28.4 percent in the same period in 2021.
Where do asylum seekers come from?
Most asylum seekers come from Syria (66,145), followed by Afghanistan (53,625) and Iraq (15,775). The figures for asylum applications are also interesting. Between July and September 2021 in the EU were taken a total of 115,025 decisions on asylum applications, most of them in Germany and France. But while in Germany out of 29,970 requests 16,300 were accepted, in France out of 33,325 requests only 9,425 were approved.
Last year the number of asylum seekers fell sharply across Europe, largely due to the coron pandemic. Prior to the pandemic, in 2019, the number of asylum seekers was 612,000. / DW /
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