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EUROPE: Syrian Asylum Applications

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The number of Syrians arriving in Europe seeking international protection continues to increase. However, it remains low compared to Syria`s neighboring countries, with slightly more than 10% of those who have fled the conflict seeking safety in Europe.

Total Asylum Applications

0 Syrian Asylum Applications between and
0 in 2014 only
Note: Data for 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR

Top Countries

  
Germany & Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244(1999))
  
Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Bulgaria
  
All others

Evolution of Asylum Applications

   Cumulative Syrian Asylum Applications
   New Syrian Asylum Applications by Month
Note: In Turkey, 1,938,999 Syrian refugees have been registered by the authorities (as of 25 August 2015).

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  Highlights

 President Juncker visits a registration centre in the German city of Passau – EU refugee relocation to start
08 Oct 2015
Addressing UN Assembly, European leaders call for increased funds to ease refugee and migrant crisis
28 Sep 2015
Extraordinary JHA Council – The Ministers adopted by a qualified majority the provisional mechanism for the emergency relocation of 120,000 persons in need of international protection
22 Sep 2015

  Syria Refugee Crisis in the Media

EU leaders ask Erdoğan to back radical refugee plan
The Guardian, 05 Oct 2015
EU leaders have pleaded with Turkey’s authoritarian president, Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, to join forces behind a radical plan aimed at stemming the flow of hundreds of thousands of refugees and migrants to Europe. The Europeans are offering eventually to take half a million Syrians from new refuge...
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Arrivals by sea in Greece nearing 400,000, implementation of relocation and increased reception capacity still urgently needed
UNHCR, 02 Oct 2015
Briefing Notes, 2 October 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 2 October 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Although windy autumn weather affected sea crossings from Turkey o...
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(FRENCH) De l’opposant politique à l’ingénieur, le profil des réfugiés syriens évolue
Le Monde, 26 Sep 2015
Tous ne sont pas ingénieurs ou opposants au régime de Bachar Al-Assad. Encore moins les deux à la fois. Les Syriens réfugiés en France sont à l’étroit dans le portrait-robot qu’on pourrait dresser d’eux, même s’il contient sa part de vérité. « Le premier point commun, à mes yeux,...
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The refugee crisis gives Europe the chance to evolve
The Guardian, 25 Sep 2015
Europe has never had it so bad, goes the most recent conventional wisdom. Of course, things are bad. The refugee crisis has brought a spectacular show of disarray and dissent. Helplessness indeed seems to be the only thing European states really share. Leaders have squabbled over quotas, sovereignty...
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Seven factors behind movement of Syrian refugees to Europe
UNHCR, 25 Sep 2015
Briefing Notes, 25 September 2015 This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Adrian Edwards – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at the press briefing, on 25 September 2015, at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. Additional Speaker: Amin Awad, Director UNHCR Bureau for Mid...
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UNHCR welcomes additional support to refugees, and calls for fast implementation and additional measures
UNHCR, 24 Sep 2015
Press Releases, 24 September 2015 UNHCR welcomes the announcements by the European Council to significantly increase resources for humanitarian assistance in neighbouring countries to Syria as well as the Justice and Home Affairs Council decision to relocate an additional 120,000 people. "The ...
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First of 20,000 Syrian refugees arrive in UK
BBC, 22 Sep 2015
The first Syrian refugees to be resettled in the UK since the government announced it was expanding its protection scheme have arrived. The government has not disclosed how many were in the group nor clarified whether they were already due to arrive before the scheme was expanded. The prime mini...
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(FRENCH) Comment fonctionneront les « hot spots » censés gérer l’accueil des migrants en Europe ?
Le Monde, 21 Sep 2015
Ils seront au cœur de la négociation du nouveau conseil extraordinaire des ministres de l’intérieur, convoqué pour le mardi 22 septembre, à Bruxelles : une mise en place rapide et efficace des « hot spots » aux frontières de l’Union européenne permettra peut-être de désamorcer le conf...
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Exodus. Europe should welcome more refugees and economic migrants—for the sake of the world and itself.
The Economist, 12 Sep 2015
FOR too long Europe has closed its eyes to Syria’s foul and bloody civil war, and tried to keep the suffering multitudes out. Suddenly the continent’s gates have been pushed open by two political forces. One is moral conscience, belatedly wakened by the image of a drowned Syrian child on a Turki...
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