Asylum requests dip slightly after 2015 record, OECD says


  • World
  • Thursday, 29 Jun 2017

People walk as they flee deeper into the remaining rebel-held areas of Aleppo, Syria December 13, 2016. REUTERS/Abdalrhman Ismail

PARIS (Reuters) - The number of people fleeing war or strife for stabler parts of the world fell marginally in 2016 from a record high in 2015, with the lion's share of those seeking asylum doing so in Germany, the OECD said on Thursday.

In a report on broader migration trends, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said that the biggest exodus of asylum-seekers was from war-ravaged Syria, followed by Afghanistan and Iraq.

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