Asylum requests in EU fall from record highs, jump in U.S. - OECD

Migrants, part of a group intercepted aboard three dinghies off the coast in the Mediterranean Sea, rest after arriving on a rescue boat at the port of Malaga, Spain June 18, 2018. REUTERS/Jon Nazca

PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing war or strife for more stable parts of the world declined significantly in 2017, although the United States registered a sharp increase in asylum applications during U.S. President Donald Trump's first year in the White House.

In a report on broader migration trends, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the biggest exodus came for a third-year running from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq.