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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 11775

27 April 2017
Contents Publication in full By article 21 / 23
NEWS BRIEFS / Migration
EU grants asylum to more than 700,000 people in 2016

26/04/2017 (Agence Europe)In 2016, EU member states granted protection to more than 700,000 asylum seekers (710,400), according to a new Eurostat publication of Wednesday 26 April. More than half of the beneficiaries were Syrians. This proportion represents more than twice the 2015 figure. The main beneficiaries were again Syrian nationals (405,600 people, or 57% of the total number of persons awarded this status in the EU member states), followed by nationals of Iraq (65,800, or 9%)...

Contents

SOCIAL AFFAIRS
INSTITUTIONAL
EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT PLENARY
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
ECONOMY - FINANCE
COURT OF JUSTICE OF THE EU
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
NEWS BRIEFS