Afghan nationals submitted more than 17,300 asylum applications in the (enlarged) EU in September 2021, up from 10,000 in August, almost twice as many as Syrians, the European Asylum Support Office (EASO) said on 3 December.
“Afghans remained the largest applicant group in September, applying nearly twice as much as Syrians, who had been the largest group for 7 years up to July”, the Office said in a statement. The total number of applications in the EU+ has also exceeded pre-pandemic...