The struggle in Syria – unleashed by Assad’s bloody crackdown on protests in 2011 – helped spark a migrant disaster that noticed over a million folks arrive in Europe in 2015.
The next 12 months, EU nations granted refugee standing to extra than 215,000 candidates, whereas almost 185,000 obtained subsidiary safety – that means they don’t qualify as refugees however are thought-about liable to critical hurt if returned to their nation of origin.
The overwhelming majority of the almost 128,500 purposes by Syrian nationals determined at first occasion between January and October this 12 months resulted in some type of safety, the asylum company knowledge confirmed.
EU nations granted refugee standing in just below 35,500 circumstances, whereas extra than 81,800 candidates had been granted subsidiary safety.
Germany, which has taken within the lion’s share of Syrian asylum seekers in Europe, accounted for nearly half the optimistic selections to this point this 12 months, the company knowledge confirmed.
