Asylum request of 86 thousand Afghans to European countries
| The European Union Asylum Agency reported that at least 86,000 Afghans applied for asylum in European countries during the first nine months of this year. |
According to the regional office of Tasnim news agency, the refugee agency The European Union announced that after the recent developments in Afghanistan, more than 11 thousand Afghans apply for asylum to European countries every month.
The report added that during the first nine months of this year, 86 thousand Afghans have applied for asylum.
This agency noted that before this, the amount of asylum requests by Afghans to European countries was between 7,000 and 9,500 requests per month.
Based on this report, during recent developments, Afghan refugees have been the second largest group of applicants for international support from the European Union.
The report stated About a third of asylum seekers are unaccompanied children who have applied for asylum in European countries.
The European Union Asylum Agency has claimed that the reason for the increase in the number of asylum applications by Afghans to European countries is The deterioration of the human rights situation in Afghanistan; An issue that Kabul did not accept and considered contrary to the facts in the field.
According to this report, EU member states have made 64,000 initial decisions on Afghan requests since the beginning of this year.
| Publisher | Tasnim News |
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