Asylum in the EU Member States - Number of first time asylum seekers slightly up to almost 306 000 in Q2 2016 - Syrians still the most numerous

Met dank overgenomen van Eurostat (ESTAT) i, gepubliceerd op donderdag 22 september 2016.

During the second quarter of 2016 (from April to June 2016), 305 700 first time asylum seekers applied for international protection in the Member States of the European Union (EU), up by 6% compared with the first quarter of 2016 (when 287 100 first time applicants were registered).

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STAT/16/3146