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Asylum seekers frequently attempt to reach the EU via rubber dinghies on the Mediterranean Sea | Photo: Imago Images
  • Belgium

EU to establish new asylum agency

The European Union Agency for Asylum is intended to make the bloc's asylum procedures more efficient and uniform.

From file: Migrants at the the Lesbos Reception and Identification Center on October 7, 2020 | Photo: InfoMigrants/M. MacGregor
  • Afghanistan
  • Syria

Asylum in Europe: Requests in EU down by 30% in 2020

Asylum applications in the European Union dropped by 31% last year and fell to a record low. The European Asylum Support Office (EASO) attributed the decline mainly to coronavirus-related travel restrictions.

Image taken from inside Safi barracks on Malta, where migrans are detained | Photo: Private
  • Malta

Claims of physical torture, suicide attempts by detained migrants in Malta

A spokesperson for the interior ministry in Malta denies that it has received reports of physical abuse of migrants in detention centers, according to a local activist. Meanwhile a row has erupted over claims that migrants have been attempting suicide in order to draw attention to themselves.

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