asylum seekers – Albanian  Telegraphic  Agency. https://en.ata.gov.al News Agency Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:47:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Number of asylum seekers in Albania falls by 66% in 2020 https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/07/05/number-of-asylum-seekers-in-albania-falls-by-66-in-2020/ https://en.ata.gov.al/2021/07/05/number-of-asylum-seekers-in-albania-falls-by-66-in-2020/#respond Mon, 05 Jul 2021 18:47:39 +0000 http://en.ata.gov.al/?p=154636 TIRANA, July 5 /ATA/ – The number of asylum seekers significantly decreased amid the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.

The National Institute of Statistics, INSTAT, a total of 2232 asylum seekers were registered in Albania in 2020, down by 66 % compared to 2019.

Asylum seekers originating from Syria and Iraq account for 54.4 % of the total number of asylum seekers in 2020, 876 and 339 asylum seekers respectively.

According to data from the Directorate for Asylum and Citizenship, a total of 339 Iraqi refugees, 316 refugees from Afghanistan, and 297 Moroccan nationals applied for asylum in Albania in 2020.

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