Brussels, 19/06/2015 (Agence Europe) - Over the first three months of 2015, the number of first-time asylum seekers applying for international protection in the EU - 185,000 - remained almost stable compared with the last quarter of 2014, according to a report published by Eurostat, the EU statistical office, on Thursday 18 June.
In the whole of 2014, the number of asylum seekers rose by around 86%, or 86,000 more requests. Asylum requests were made especially by Kosovars (one out of four...