The number of asylum applications in the European Union also exceeded the period of the migration crisis

The data of the European Union Asylum Agency show that the number of asylum applications in the member countries of this union increased by 18 percent to 1.14 million people last year, which is the highest level since the refugee crisis (2016-2015).

According to Reuters, the people of Syria, Afghanistan and Turkey are respectively the largest groups of asylum seekers in the European Union.

According to this data, Germany is still the most important destination for asylum seekers in Europe and receives almost a third of the requests.

It is said that the number of requests is lower than during the peak of the refugee crisis in 2016, but this statistic does not include 4.4 million Ukrainians who entered the territory of the European Union and became asylum seekers without an official request. >

The high number of asylum seekers has re-introduced the debates about curbing this process. The European Union has tightened its asylum rules since 2016-2015. The bloc also reached a landmark deal in December on new asylum rules that will limit the number of people entering the bloc.

However, some believe that these laws are not implemented well; This may affect the European Parliament elections at the end of this spring and bring more people from far-right parties into the parliament.