First Time Asylum Applications on the Rise in the EU

The number of people claiming asylum in the EU has risen by 150 percent year-on-year, officials figures show.

It will put further pressure on policymakers who have been struggling to come up with coherent plan to deal with the influx.

The number of first-asylum applications stood at 413,800 in the three month period ending September.

That’s up by 250 400 more than in the same quarter of 2014. 

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Source: Euronews