{"id":40126,"date":"2022-07-26T12:49:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:49:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=40126"},"modified":"2022-07-26T12:50:17","modified_gmt":"2022-07-26T10:50:17","slug":"number-of-asylum-seekers-goes-up-albanians-prefer-france","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/number-of-asylum-seekers-goes-up-albanians-prefer-france\/","title":{"rendered":"Number of asylum seekers goes up, Albanians prefer France"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration is seen as a golden chance by many Albanians who can\u2019t see themselves building a future at home.<\/p>\n<p>The most sought-after destination is any of the western European countries. Applications for asylum have gone up and in May alone there were 920.<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, in the first 5 months of 2022, there was a total of 3.850 applications, a 100% rise compared to 2021.<\/p>\n<p>Some of these applications which are submitted by individuals and families are being sent for the first time, whereas others are reapplying.<\/p>\n<p>In comparison with the rest of the region, Albanians represent the highest number of applicants. The increase is predominantly affected by the end of the pandemic and the lift of travel restrictions that were in place from 2020-2021.<\/p>\n<p>France remains the most preferred country of Albanian asylum seekers, primarily due to its social assistance benefits and better shelter options which it offers during the first couple of months since arrival.<\/p>\n<p>More than half of the applications were submitted in this country, followed by Germany, Greece, and Italy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>YOU MIGHT ALSO LIKE<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/05\/16\/eurostat-confirms-the-number-of-albanian-asylum-seekers-in-the-eu\/\">Eurostat confirms the number of Albanian asylum seekers in the EU<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/albania\/2022\/03\/16\/albanians-are-europes-top-asylum-seekers\/\">Albanians are Europe\u2019s top asylum seekers<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<li class=\"title-post\"><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<\/ul>\n<div>\n<div class=\"spot-im-replies-count\" data-post-id=\"eneu36363\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Immigration is seen as a golden chance by many Albanians who can\u2019t see themselves building a future at home. The most sought-after destination is any of the western European countries. Applications for asylum have gone up and in May alone there were 920. Meanwhile, in the first 5 months of 2022, there was a total [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":23,"featured_media":40127,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[153],"tags":[150,151],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Number of asylum seekers goes up, Albanians prefer France - 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\/number-of-asylum-seekers-goes-up-albanians-prefer-france\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Number of asylum seekers goes up, Albanians prefer France - Euronews Albania\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Immigration is seen as a golden chance by many Albanians who can\u2019t see themselves building a future at home. 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