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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 9899

12 May 2009
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GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/jha
EU countries still rejecting more asylum seekers

Brussels, 11/05/2009 (Agence Europe) - In 2008, European Union countries rejected more asylum seekers than during the previous year. Almost 240,000 asylum applicants registered in the EU27. On Friday 8 May, Eurostat, the Statistical Office of the European Communities indicated that, 193 690 decisions were made on asylum applicants, with 141 730 rejections (73% of decisions). According to the UN's High Commission for Refugees, in 2007, around 223,000 demands for asylum were made and 63% of...

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