According to Eurostat 785 Libyan migrants were granted protection status in Malta in 2015, making up a total of 59.3% of the total number of people granted this status last year. 280 Syrians (21.3%) and 60 Eritreans (4.5%) migrants were also granted asylum. Totally  there were  1,320 positive decisions on asylum applications in 2015 in Malta (290 refugee status, 955 subsidiary protection and 75 sheltered for humanitarian reasons). In 2015 the 28 member states of the EU granted asylum to 338,900 asylum seekers, which shows an increase of 75% since 2014 with 51% being from Syria. In second and third place there are Eritrea and Iraq amounting to 8% and 7% respectively.More than 60% of all Syrians, around 104,000 people, who were granted protection were recorded in Germany. Out of 27,600 Eritreans 9,500 were recorded in Germany, 6,600 in Sweden and 4,900 in the Netherlands. Out of 23,800 Iraqis, 15,500 were granted protection status in Germany and 2,800 in France.

(ITALPRESS/MNA).

Source: medNews