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Most asylum applicants in EU over Q2 come from Syria, Afghanistan

Xinhua, September 18, 2015 Adjust font size:

Syrians and Afghans represented the two main citizenships among first-time asylum applicants in the European Union (EU) over the second quarter of 2015, accounting for a third of all applicants, the EU statistical office Eurostat said Friday.

From April to June 2015, 213,200 first-time asylum seekers applied for protection in the EU, up by 15 percent compared with the first quarter of 2015 and by 85 percent compared with the second quarter of 2014.

"In particular, the number of Syrians and Afghans rose considerably to reach almost 44,000 and 27,000 respectively," said Eurostat in a press release.

People from Kosovo made the most asylum applications in the first quarter of 2015. Endit