{"id":70281,"date":"2024-07-05T21:04:06","date_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:04:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/?p=70281"},"modified":"2024-07-05T21:04:06","modified_gmt":"2024-07-05T19:04:06","slug":"boom-of-asylum-seekers-in-albania-requests-double-in-1-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/euronews.al\/en\/boom-of-asylum-seekers-in-albania-requests-double-in-1-year\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Boom&#8217; of asylum seekers in Albania, requests double in 1 year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Albania has faced a frightening increase in asylum requests throughout 2023.<\/p>\n<p>The latest INSTAT report reveals that from one year to the next, we have more than doubled the number of asylum seekers in Albania.<\/p>\n<p>Referring to the figures obtained from the Border and Migration Department, under the General Directorate of the State Police, in 2023, there are 261 asylum seekers, from 125 in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>What stands out is that the number of asylum seekers from Afghanistan in 2023 is even higher than the total number of all asylum seekers who came in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Asylum seekers originating from Afghanistan make up 61.7% of the total number of asylum seekers in the past year.<\/p>\n<p>After Afghanistan, asylum seekers come from Syria and then those from Iraq.<\/p>\n<p>Looking at the requests for asylum by month, it can be seen that the largest applications are in the months of March and September<\/p>\n<p>Also October which make up 46.0% of the total applications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Albania has faced a frightening increase in asylum requests throughout 2023. 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