EU expects increasing number of asylum seekers
The head of the EU asylum authority (EUAA), Nina Gregori, assumes that there will be a further increase in asylum seekers in the European Union. “It’s pretty clear that the growing number of applications will continue for the foreseeable future”, DPA reports.
The head of the EU asylum authority (EUAA), Nina Gregori, assumes that there will be a further increase in asylum seekers in the European Union. “It’s pretty clear that the growing number of applications will continue for the foreseeable future.” Gregori told the newspapers Funke Mediengruppe (online Monday). Instability and threats to human security are characteristics of today’s world. “Unfortunately, they are not temporary.” Geopolitical developments in 2021 and 2022 would have a direct impact on international protection needs and led to increased displacement to EU countries, Gregori said. Almost 790,000 asylum applications were made in the EU between January and October of this year. This is an increase of 54 percent compared to the same period last year. However, the number remains below that of 2015 and 2016, Gregori added. According to the EU asylum authority, most asylum seekers come from Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey. In Germany, too, the number of asylum seekers has recently increased. War refugees from Ukraine do not have to go through lengthy asylum procedures in the EU. They have been given temporary protection since shortly after the Russian invasion of Ukraine began. According to Gregori, 4.7 million people have been registered for it. The activation of the Temporary Protection Directive prevented the collapse of national European asylum systems, Gregori said. However, the millions of registrations put the European admissions systems under “considerable pressure”.
