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EU could face 1 million asylum applications in 2015, says OECD
http://www.dw.com/en/eu-could-face-1-million-asylum-applications-in-2015-says-oecd/a-18728996The number of refugees coming to Europe is unparalleled in recent times, an OECD policy report has said, and the inflow is unlikely to stop any time soon. But it said Europe had the experience to cope.
EU could face 1 million asylum applications in 2015, says OECD
Timothy Jones
22.09.2015
In its new migration report released on Tuesday, the OECD said that an estimated 350,000 to 450,000 people could be granted refugee or similar status in Europe in 2015, more than in any refugee crisis in Europe since World War II.
It said 700,000 asylum seekers had been registered so far this year, and that this figure was going to climb to 1 million by the end of the year. This compares with the 630,000 asylum registrations in 2014.
Germany was receiving the most asylum seekers of any European country in absolute numbers, with Austria, Sweden and Switzerland having the highest rate in per-capita terms, according to the report.
Hungary also had many asylum applications in the first half of 2015, the report said, but added that most refugees ended up moving on to wealthier northern European nations.