Asylum applications in EU last year up a third from 2020


  • World
  • Tuesday, 28 Jun 2022

FILE PHOTO People fleeing Russias military operation against Ukraine walk toward the Shehyni border crossing to Poland past cars waiting in line to cross the border outside Mostyska Ukraine February 27 2022. REUTERSThomas PeterFile Photo

FILE PHOTO: People fleeing Russia's military operation against Ukraine walk toward the Shehyni border crossing to Poland past cars waiting in line to cross the border, outside Mostyska, Ukraine, February 27, 2022. REUTERS/Thomas Peter/File Photo

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - The European Union received 648,000 applications last year for international protection, a third more than in 2020, its asylum agency EUAA said on Tuesday, with Syrians and Afghans the main groups of applicants.

In addition, the bloc received about 3.4 million requests for temporary protection from those fleeing conflict in Ukraine. The EUAA said altogether about 6 million people ran from the Russian invasion for the EU, though many have since returned.

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