Some 515,000 asylum applications were registered in EU countries in the first nine months of 2019, according to the European Asylum Support Office (EASO), a 10 per cent increase from the same period last year.
Syrians, Afghans and Venezuelans lodged the largest number of asylum applications, accounting for a quarter of all applications in the EU.
About one in three applications has received a positive decision.
According to EASO, small countries such as Cyprus and Malta are under particularly high pressure.
Via EASO
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