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EUROPE: Syrian Asylum Applications

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The number of Syrians arriving in Europe seeking international protection continues to increase. However, it remains low compared to Syria`s neighboring countries, with slightly more than 10% of those who have fled the conflict seeking safety in Europe.

Total Asylum Applications

0 Syrian Asylum Applications between and
0 in 2014 only
Note: Data for 38 European countries which provided monthly data to UNHCR

Top Countries

  
Serbia (and Kosovo: S/RES/1244(1999)) & Germany
  
Sweden, Hungary, Austria, Netherlands, Denmark
  
All others

Evolution of Asylum Applications

   Cumulative Syrian Asylum Applications
   New Syrian Asylum Applications by Month
Note: In Turkey, 1,938,999 Syrian refugees have been registered by the authorities (as of 25 August 2015).

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  Highlights

 Syria Donors Conference to take place in London in February 2016 announced.
14 Jan 2016
UNHCR and IOM report that persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015.
22 Dec 2015
UNHCR expresses its shock and horror at the attacks in Paris and urges not to turn refugees into scapegoats.
17 Nov 2015
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  Syria Refugee Crisis in the Media

Juncker wants to tackle migration at February summit
Politico, 20 Jan 2016
Juncker wants to tackle migration at February summit Commission president worries meeting of EU leaders will be dominated by Brexit talks. By MAÏA DE LA BAUME 1/20/16, 2:55 PM CET Updated 1/21/16, 12:21 PM CET STRASBOURG — European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker said Wednesday that a...
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Report warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence
UNHCR, 20 Jan 2016
Report warns refugee women on the move in Europe are at risk of sexual and gender-based violence Press Releases, 20 January 2016 Oumo*, a young woman from sub-Saharan Africa is fleeing persecution that has left her brother-in-law dead and her sister missing. Fearing for her life, she made the da...
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Syrian Migrants in Istanbul Confront Choice: Stay or Move On
New York Times, 23 Dec 2015
ISTANBUL — At Pages, a bookstore and cafe in a three-story wooden house in a tidy cul-de-sac up a hill in this city’s oldest quarter, a literary refuge has blossomed for young Arabs in exile — mainly Syrians but also Iraqis, Libyans and Yemenis who have fled the troubles of home and taken up r...
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'Warm Welsh welcome' for Syrian refugees at Christmas
BBC News, 23 Dec 2015
Syrian refugees facing their first Christmas in Wales are sure to get a "warm Welsh welcome", the first minister has said. Carwyn Jones said Wales had a "proud tradition of being a friendly and hospitable nation". "The message of peace and hope is particularly poignant this year," he said, ref...
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A million refugees and migrants flee to Europe in 2015
UNHCR/IOM, 22 Dec 2015
Geneva, 22 December 2015 Joint UNHCR, IOM Press Release A million refugees and migrants flee to Europe in 2015 Persecution, conflict and poverty have forced an unprecedented one million people to flee to Europe in 2015, according to estimates by the UN Refugee Agency, UNHCR and the Internationa...
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