{"id":33011,"date":"2022-03-16T19:25:03","date_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:25:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=33011"},"modified":"2022-03-16T19:36:14","modified_gmt":"2022-03-16T18:36:14","slug":"albanians-are-europes-top-asylum-seekers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanians-are-europes-top-asylum-seekers\/","title":{"rendered":"Albanians are Europe\u2019s top asylum seekers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, some 11,000 Albanians sought refuge in EU member states. The figure brings Albania to the top of the list when it comes to asylum requests. Of these, 8,700 were first-timers.<\/p>\n<p>However, applications have dropped in recent years, partly due to continuous rejections, among other France and Germany.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33012\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33012\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33012\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m31s171-696x392-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m31s171-696x392-1.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m31s171-696x392-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m31s171-696x392-1-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33012\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum applications filed by Albanian nationals in the EU \/ Euronews Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The lowest figure was reported in 2020, which could be <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/12\/border-closure-drops-number-of-asylum-seekers-in-albania\/\">due to the pandemic<\/a><\/strong> and travel restrictions.<\/p>\n<p>In Europe, Albanians rank first for asylum seekers, followed by Moldavians. Whereas in the region, North Macedonia has the highest application rate in the EU.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33013\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33013\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33013\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m49s235-696x392-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m49s235-696x392-1.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m49s235-696x392-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m49s235-696x392-1-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33013\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Asylum application from the Western Balkans \/ Euronews Albania<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>All in all, applications citing international protection rose by one-third, marking a return to pre-pandemic levels.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_33014\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-33014\" style=\"width: 696px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-33014\" src=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m58s340-696x392-1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"696\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m58s340-696x392-1.png 696w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m58s340-696x392-1-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/03\/vlcsnap-2022-03-16-16h36m58s340-696x392-1-150x84.png 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 696px) 100vw, 696px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-33014\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">International asylum-seekers \/ source EUAA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>The general increase in asylum applications was boosted mainly due to Afghans and Syrians.<\/p>\n<p>Asylum requests from Afghan citizens double in 2020, as they fled the Taliban regime that seized power in their country.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/01\/12\/albania-among-top-10-countries-in-the-world-for-asylum-requests-in-eu\/\">Albania among top 10 countries in the world for asylum requests in EU<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/07\/29\/albanians-rank-first-in-the-region-for-asylum-applications-in-the-eu\/\">Albanians rank first in the region for asylum applications in the EU<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2021\/02\/02\/eu-the-new-law-on-asylum-brings-albania-closer-to-international-standards\/\">EU: The new law on asylum brings Albania closer to international standards<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, some 11,000 Albanians sought refuge in EU member states. The figure brings Albania to the top of the list when it comes to asylum requests. Of these, 8,700 were first-timers. However, applications have dropped in recent years, partly due to continuous rejections, among other France and Germany. The lowest figure was reported in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":24,"featured_media":33015,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[901,900,270,899,624,896,308,898,150,151,298,897],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Albanians are Europe\u2019s top asylum seekers - Euronews Albania<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albanians-are-europes-top-asylum-seekers\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Albanians are Europe\u2019s top asylum seekers - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Last year, some 11,000 Albanians sought refuge in EU member states. 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