The number of Albanians seeking asylum in EU countries increasing

 

 The first months of 2019 marked an increase in the number of asylum seekers in the European Union. Thousands of citizens from Venezuela, Colombia and Albania have also sought asylum in the EU.

The number of new asylum seekers in the European Union has increased significantly in the first months of 2019, dpa news agency writes. This is the result of the crisis in Venezuela. The EU's warning system, which provides data for the first four months of this year, notes that 206,500 asylum applications have been registered in this period, compared to 179,000 at the same time last year. Data has been published by the European Asylum Authority, EASO.

Albanians after Venezuelans and Colombians

At the same time, the number of asylum applications has increased from countries whose citizens enter the Schengen area without a visa. Among them Albania and Georgia.