Venezuelans, Colombians and Peruvians lead asylum requests in the European Union

Applications for asylum from citizens of #Venezuela, #Peru and #Colombia in the European Union skyrocketed in March and are at levels close to the all-time high, according to community statistics, which place Spain as the main destination for those who arrive in #Europe from those three Latin American countries.

In March alone, the 27 #EU countries, #Norway and #Switzerland received some 92,000 #asylum requests, with #Syrians (10,000), #Afghans (9,500) as the main applicant nationalities, mainly in #Germany. Among the countries that are growing the most is #Turkey (5,900), whose data is now more than double that of the same month in 2022.

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