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From Syria, Afghanistan and Venezuela the most important teams of candidates in the whole European Union – At 75,000 functions in July
In July 2024, 74,695 residents from outdoors the European Union utilized for asylum for the primary time within the Union's international locations, in response to Eurostat figures launched on Monday (21/10).
The quantity is down 7.5% in comparison with July 2023 (80,735).
Residents from Syria, Afghanistan and Venezuela stay the most important teams of asylum seekers within the EU.
Particularly, final July, 12,295 Syrians, 6,030 Afghans and 5,170 residents from Venezuela utilized for asylum for the primary time within the EU.
In July, 2,985 unaccompanied minors utilized for asylum for the primary time within the EU, with most of them coming from Syria (895), Afghanistan (470) and Egypt (345). The EU international locations that acquired the best variety of asylum functions from unaccompanied minors have been Germany (750), Bulgaria (455), Greece (420), the Netherlands (355) and Spain (325).
74% of non-EU residents search safety from Germany, Italy, Spain and France. Specifically, Germany (18,505 functions), Italy (13,235), Spain (11,925) and France (11,300) continued to obtain the best variety of first-time asylum seekers.
In comparison with the inhabitants of every EU nation (on 1 January 2024), the best charges of first-time functions have been recorded in Greece (55.1%).
