The report shows that in 2021, the number of asylum for shelter from the EU countries increased by one third year -on -year

Xinhua News Agency, Vallea, June 28 (Reporter Chen Wenxian) The EU asylum bureau headquartered in Malta's capital Vallea released the annual refugee asylum report on the 28th showing that in 2021, EU member states received a total of 648,000 shelter applications, which is 2020 One -third of the annual growth.

The report shows that in 2021, the EU member states made a preliminary review decision on 535,000 applications and gave 118,000 refugees. The Syrian and Afghaners are the two largest groups of refugee asylum applicants, 117,000 and 102,000, respectively. Based on age, about 29%of asylum applicants are minors, of which about 23,600 minors are unaccompanied, an increase of two -thirds compared with 2020.

The report shows that Germany was the EU country with the largest number of asylum applications last year, followed by France, Spain and Italy.

The report also shows that since Russia launched special military operations on Ukraine, nearly 6 million Ukrainians have fled to EU countries.

The latest report released by the United Nations Refugee Agency on the 16th shows that as of the end of 2021, 89.3 million people were forced to escape from their homes, the highest level since the record, which was more than ten years ago. In its report, the Refugee Agency emphasized that the original conflict upgrade and the outbreak of new conflicts were the main reason for the rise of the number of global displaces in the world last year. Grain shortage, inflation, and climate crisis is also an important reason for the current displacement of the world.

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