Author (Corporate) | Pew Research Center |
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Publisher | Pew Research Center |
Publication Date | 02/08/2016 |
Content Type | News, Report |
A record 1.3 million migrants applied for asylum in the 28 member states of the European Union, Norway and Switzerland in 2015 – nearly double the previous high water mark of roughly 700,000 that was set in 1992 after the fall of the Iron Curtain and the collapse of the Soviet Union, according to a Pew Research Center analysis of data from Eurostat, the European Union’s statistical agency published in August 2016. |
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Source Link | Link to Main Source http://www.pewglobal.org/2016/08/02/number-of-refugees-to-europe-surges-to-record-1-3-million-in-2015/ |
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Subject Categories | Justice and Home Affairs |
Countries / Regions | Europe |