EU asylum applications drop 22 per cent

Aug 15, 2026

First-time asylum applications in the EU fell to 42,525 in May 2026, down 22 per cent from a year earlier and 2 per cent...

Afghans lodge most asylum applications in EU: report

Dec 05, 2021

Brussels [Belgium], December 5 : The asylum requests by Afghan people to Europe have increased dramatically and is now the biggest country that lodges...

More than 9,000 Afghans file asylum applications in EU in a month

May 26, 2023

According to the European Census Bureau, asylum interests in the EU member states at the beginning of the current year have increased by 40...

EU parliament adopts stricter migration rules in landmark asylum reform

Apr 10, 2024

The parliament's main political groups overcame opposition from far-right and far-left parties to pass the new migration and asylum pact, a sweeping reform nearly...

Asylum decisions up by 40 per cent in 2022 in EU

Apr 29, 2023

Among the 384,245 asylum seekers who were granted protection status in 2022 in the EU, 44 per cent received refugee status, 31 per cent...

EU expects Hungary to address asylum law breaches after court decision

Dec 17, 2020

Brussels [Belgium], December 17 (ANI/Sputnik): The European Commission will reach out to Hungary to ascertain how it is going to address its violations of...