Although the number of asylum applications submitted this year has climbed to a level not seen since the European migrant crisis of 2015/16, when 1.3 million people made their way to the Continent, the EU Asylum Authority (EUAA) has predicted a further increase in the number of migrants seeking asylum in the year ahead.
While speaking to the German newspapers of the Funke media group on Monday, December 27th, Nina Gregori, the executive director of the EUAA said: “The geopolitical developments this year and last year had a direct impact on the needs for international protection and led to increased displacement to EU countries.”
“It is quite clear that the increasing number of applications will continue in the foreseeable future,” Gregori suggested, adding that the instability and threats which cause people to flee their homelands are, unfortunately, “not temporary.”
