14,000 people from Kosovo seek asylum in EU
In 2009 there were around 14,200 asylum applicants from Kosovo, who sought asylum in some of 27 countries of the European Union (EU).
(KosovoCompromise Staff) Wednesday, May 05, 2010
This is according to the statistical office of the EU Eurostat, which published a report that said applicants from Kosovo make up five percent of the total of 261,000 asylum applicants from all around the world.
Apart from the Kosovo residents, the most numerous asylum seekers are Afghans (20,400), Russians (20,100), Somalis (19,100) and Iraqis (18,700).
The highest number of applicants were registered in France (47,600) followed by Germany (31,800), the United Kingdom (30,300), Sweden (24,200), Belgium (21,600), Italy (17,500), the Netherlands (16,100), Greece (15,900) and Austria (15,800).
