The EU27 Member States granted protection to 84 100 asylum seekers in 2011 - Largest groups were Afghans, Iraqis and Somalis

EUROSTAT NEWS RELEASE

19 June 2012

EU Member States granted protection to 84 100 asylum seekers in 2011



The EU27 Member States granted protection to 84 100 asylum seekers in 2011 compared with 75 800 in 2010. The largest groups of beneficiaries of protection status1 in the EU27 were citizens of Afghanistan (13 300 persons or 16% of the total number of persons granted protection status), Iraq (9 000 or 11%) and Somalia (8 900 or 11%).

These data2 on the results of asylum decisions in the EU27 are released by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union on the occasion of the World Refugee Day3 on 20 June 2012


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