{"id":51343,"date":"2023-04-26T14:20:50","date_gmt":"2023-04-26T12:20:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=51343"},"modified":"2023-04-27T10:33:21","modified_gmt":"2023-04-27T08:33:21","slug":"less-albanian-asylum-seekers-during-first-months-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/less-albanian-asylum-seekers-during-first-months-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Less Albanian asylum seekers during first months of the year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span class=\"production-element\">Requests for asylum from Albanian citizens in the EU countries have fallen during the first 2 months of 2023.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">The data published by Eurostat, compared to the same period of last year, show 14% less applications, meaning 1675 requests for asylum in January and February.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">France is still the most preferred country by Albanians, with 42% of applications there, because of the strong social support and practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">Germany comes second with 23% of the total applications, even though other Albanian citizens try to approach it through work visas.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">Contrary to the transition years, when Italy welcomed the vast majority of Albanian immigrants, it comes third according to the data.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">In 2022, there were 13.200 asylum requests to one of the European Union countries, the highest level since 2020.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">Other data shows that asylum applications to the United Kingdom in 2022, reached a record of 15.925 requests.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"production-element\">The country with the highest number of asylum seekers in January and February, is Syria with 9.500 applications, followed by Afghanistan, Turkey, Venezuela and Columbia.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Requests for asylum from Albanian citizens in the EU countries have fallen during the first 2 months of 2023. The data published by Eurostat, compared to the same period of last year, show 14% less applications, meaning 1675 requests for asylum in January and February. 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