Ur EASO Quarterly Asylum Report Q1 2014
Germany, France and Sweden were the main countries of destination, receiving 55% of all asylum applicants registered in the EU+.
Germany and Sweden continued to receive more than half of Syrian applicants (53%).
In Q1, Germany, France and Sweden were the main countries of destination, receiving 55 % of all asylum applicants registered in the EU+, with France becoming the second main receiving country.
Germany (21.285, 23 % of the total), France (16. 685, 18 % of the total), and Sweden (10.035, 11 % of the total) recorded the highest number of first instance decisions in Q1 2014 and produced more than half of all decisions issued in the EU+.
In Sweden (79 % of 10,035 = 7.928) more than half of the decisions issued during Q1 2014 at first instance were positive. In Denmark 51 % of 1.650 = 841 decisions were positive at first instance, in Norway 67 % of 2.130 = 1.427 and in Finland 57 % of 550 = 313 decisions were positive at first instance.
Germany, France and Sweden received together 87 % of all the applications made by Western Balkan nationals in Q1 2014.
Germany, France and Sweden are also the ones coping with the largest caseload of WB applicants registered at the end of March 2014.
As observed in 2013, during Q1 2014, the protection rates issued to Afghan applicants across EU+ countries differed significantly. Italy, Switzerland, France and Sweden were the only countries granting protection rates above the EU+ average of 63 %.
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