Eurostat presented first-time asylum applicants down by a third in 2020

In 2020, 416 600 first-time asylum applicants for international protection in the European Union decreased by 34 % compared with 2019.

Syrians, Afghans, Venezuelans and Colombians lodged the most applications for asylum, together accounting for 40% of all first-applicants in the European Union in 2020.

Germany accounted for one quarter of all first-time applicants in the European Union in 2020.

Highest number of first-time applicants relative to the population was recorded in Cyprus and lowest was in Hungary. 

The full explanation of the statistics can be found here.
 
 
 
 

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