Spain exceeds Germany as the best EU shelter

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The number one destination for asylum seekers in the EU, the Syrians, which caused the Syrians, which caused the Syrians after the end of the Assad regime, confirm a report.

The EU asylum system is “an important turn” after the power of former Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s power In DecemberAccording to an unpredictable report by the EU asylum agency, it is done by financial periods.

Malta-based agency recorded 64,000 shelter In May, allegations in the EU – recently, to mark the decline in about a quarter in 2024 compared to the same month. This was carried on a drop of “extremely sharp” Syrian In October last year, applications with less than 16,000 were found in May 3,100, Euaa.

In Germany, a famous destination with Syrian entrants, total shelter claims, about half of them, from 18,700 to 9,700, until the same month last year.

Spain, according to the report, is most of 12,800 in the report, which is the country with most shelter applications below 16,300 last year. In addition, Venezuela in Spain was an increase in applications in Spain, Venezuela in the country.

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Over the past decy, the Syrians were the largest group of shelter seekers in the EU, Plus Norway and Switzerland, “but in early 2025, this trend was reversed with acute Syria,” the report said.

“Since February, Germany’s best has not been the best of the EU. All in Spain, Italy and France received more applications in May 2025,” the agency said.

Now Italy, the second largest number of applications, 15,300 claims, 15,300 claims last year, one-third was presented by Bangladesh and Perulas. France, 11,900 claims in the third place, France, 12,500 below 12,500 last year, in their countries, as well as Afghan and Haitians, were lower than 12,500.

The report takes harsh measures to stop several countries in several countries, which are several countries in several countries, Denmark, a number of countries such as Denmark.

At the beginning of this month, the EU Migration Commissioner Magnus Brunner, especially after the increase in the number of politically unsteady in Greece, he led a mission to Libya. However, the visit was to cut shortly after wanting to leave Libya officials.

EUA, the opening of ammunition of asylum people managed by the Syrians is not the reason for the change of any shelter policy by European governments, but “Circumstances reflecting changing conditions in Syria.”

In December, Islamist rebel rebel group Hayat Tahrir Assad, authorities and the cruel 13-year civil war of Syria ended. After the change of regime, many EU countries have been developed by Syrians asylum allegations of Syrians, but still accepting new claims.

Despite the changes in the distribution of new applications, Germany remains a country with a population of asylum seekers in recent years than in recent countries.

Germany, between about 50,900 in Spain in 2008-2024, asylum in 150,000 applicants, compared to Eurostat and 65,200 in France.

An additional report by Amy Kazmin in Paris