QARN highlights UN report on asylum seekers
Sharp rise in claims for asylum during the last year revealed
The sharp rise in claims for asylum during the last year revealed in a new report issued by the United Nations refugee agency has been highlighted by the Quaker Asylum and Refugee Network (QARN) According to the report – Asylum Trends 2013 – some 612,700 people applied for asylum in North America, Europe, East Asia and the Pacific last year. This represents the highest total for any year since 2001. The figures are for asylum claims made in forty-four industrialised countries.
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