Asylum applications in EU countries have dropped to levels seen before the migration crisis erupted in 2015
ROME—Asylum applications in European Union countries have dropped to levels seen before the migration crisis erupted in 2015, showing the effects of European governments’ efforts to slow the inflow of refugees and other migrants that has caused political friction across the continent.
Around 580,000 people made a first claim for asylum in the EU in 2018, an 11% drop from the previous year, according to the bloc’s statistical agency Eurostat. In 2014, Europe received 560,000 first-time applications, before a peak of more than...
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