NUMBER OF APPLICATIONS FROM ARMENIANS FOR ASYLUM IN FRANCE DOUBLED IN ONE YEAR
news.am
March 29, 2012 | 00:46
The number of applications for asylums in industrialized countries
rapidly increased in 2011. This information was published by the Office
of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. As lesnouvellesNEWS.fr
informs, in the EU countries 327 thousand applications for asylum
were received. That number increased by 19 per cent in a year.
France is the second country after the USA receiving people who seek
asylum. France received 51,900 new applications in 2011. That number
is increasing for the 4th year in a row.
Most applications for asylums in France come from people in the Russian
Federation (4,000 in 2011), followed by the Democratic Republic of
Congo (3,800 applications) and Armenia (3,600 applications - that
number doubled in a year).
news.am
March 29, 2012 | 00:46
The number of applications for asylums in industrialized countries
rapidly increased in 2011. This information was published by the Office
of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees. As lesnouvellesNEWS.fr
informs, in the EU countries 327 thousand applications for asylum
were received. That number increased by 19 per cent in a year.
France is the second country after the USA receiving people who seek
asylum. France received 51,900 new applications in 2011. That number
is increasing for the 4th year in a row.
Most applications for asylums in France come from people in the Russian
Federation (4,000 in 2011), followed by the Democratic Republic of
Congo (3,800 applications) and Armenia (3,600 applications - that
number doubled in a year).