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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 12751

30 June 2021
Contents Publication in full By article 15 / 36
SECTORAL POLICIES / Migration
European Asylum Support Office confirms a drastic drop in asylum applications for 2020 due to pandemic
Brussels, 29/06/2021 (Agence Europe)

The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) confirmed in its annual report, on Tuesday 29 June, that the number of first-time asylum applications lodged in the EU in 2020 fell to an all-time low due to the Covid-19 pandemic.

First instance decisions in Member States and Schengen associated countries were indeed higher than applications, with 534,500 decisions in total and 485,000 asylum applications, down by 32% compared to 2019 and the lowest since 2013.

The Office also notes that 58% of...

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BEACONS
ECONOMY - FINANCE - BUSINESS
EU RESPONSE TO COVID-19
FUNDAMENTAL RIGHTS - SOCIETAL ISSUES
SECTORAL POLICIES
EXTERNAL ACTION
SECURITY - DEFENCE
COUNCIL OF EUROPE
INSTITUTIONAL
NEWS BRIEFS