The warfare in Syria – unleashed by Assad’s bloody crackdown on protests in 2011 – helped spark a migrant disaster that noticed over a million individuals arrive in Europe in 2015.
The next yr, EU nations granted refugee standing to extra than 215,000 candidates, whereas practically 185,000 acquired subsidiary safety – which means they don’t qualify as refugees however are thought-about susceptible to severe hurt if returned to their nation of origin.
The overwhelming majority of the practically 128,500 functions by Syrian nationals determined at first occasion between January and October this yr resulted in some type of safety, the asylum company knowledge confirmed.
EU nations granted refugee standing in slightly below 35,500 instances, whereas extra than 81,800 candidates had been granted subsidiary safety.
Germany, which has taken within the lion’s share of Syrian asylum seekers in Europe, accounted for nearly half the optimistic choices thus far this yr, the company knowledge confirmed.