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The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for international protection, the EU Asylum Agency said on Tuesday.
This figure is higher by a third of that of 2020.
Afghans and Syrians make up the largest groups of applicants.
In addition, the European bloc has received about 3.4 million requests for temporary protection from people fleeing Russia’s war in Ukraine.
The EU agency has said that a total of about six million people have fled the Russian occupation, although one of them has returned to Ukraine.
Syrians have made about 117.00 applications while Afghans 102,000, forwarded by citizens of Iraq, Pakistan, Turkey and Bangladesh.
Their key destinations are: France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
Half of all applicants were in the 18-34 age group, and about 70 percent of them were men.
The EU has said it has accepted asylum or protection applications from 185,000 people.
Residents of Eritrea had the highest acceptance rate – 81 percent – while residents of Georgia had the lowest – three percent.
About 770,000 decisions are still pending, the agency said.
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