{"id":29226,"date":"2022-01-12T09:38:38","date_gmt":"2022-01-12T08:38:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=29226"},"modified":"2022-01-12T14:08:33","modified_gmt":"2022-01-12T13:08:33","slug":"albania-among-top-10-countries-in-the-world-for-asylum-requests-in-eu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania-among-top-10-countries-in-the-world-for-asylum-requests-in-eu\/","title":{"rendered":"Albania among top 10 countries in the world for asylum requests in EU"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last October, Albania stood alongside another ten countries with the highest number of asylum requests in the European Union.<\/p>\n

The European Asylum Support Office\u00a0(EASO)\u00a0reported a total of 65,400 asylum applications from last October, an 8% dip compared to September figures.<\/p>\n

Afghans ranked first in the world for asylum-seeking requests.<\/p>\n

Asylum requests:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. Afghanistan 11,300<\/li>\n
  2. Syria 10,600<\/li>\n
  3. Irak 3, 100<\/li>\n
  4. Turkey 2,600<\/li>\n
  5. Venezuela 2,500<\/li>\n
  6. Bangladesh 2,400<\/li>\n
  7. Pakistan 2,300<\/li>\n
  8. Columbia 1,800<\/li>\n
  9. Georgia 1,700<\/li>\n
  10. Albania 1,500<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Around 3,300 applications were made by unaccompanied minors.<\/p>\n

    Asylum authorities in the European Union issued 46,100 first instance verdicts in October. 91% of applications from Afghan nationals were granted refugee status.<\/p>\n

    Euronews Albania sat down with Ilir Gedeshi, a migration expert, to learn more about the reasons that push citizens to seek asylum.<\/p>\n

    \u201cThere are two main factors. First, an economic one. People leave and seek asylum for economic reasons. Secondly, they do it to find a job in the EU. It is the easiest way possible\u201d, explained Gedeshi.<\/p>\n

    He also underlined that asylum requests come mainly from people with lower education levels, but did not exclude the opposite.<\/p>\n

    \u201cIn the last decade, 40% of the migrant flow from Albania was from people who had completed tertiary education\u201d, he said.<\/p>\n

    Among other factors listed by Gedeshi on why Albanians leave their country were aspirations for a better education for their children and lack of perspective for a better future.<\/p>\n

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