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Nearly 1 million asylum requests in the EU in 2022

FILE - Men organize their belongings at a makeshift tent camp outside the Petit Chateau reception center in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Nearly one million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, the most since the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. The EU agency for asylum said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 that 966,000 asylum applications were made, up 50% from 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Two men share a meal in a makeshift tent camp outside the Petit Chateau reception center in Brussels, Tuesday, Jan. 17, 2023. Nearly one million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, the most since the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. The EU agency for asylum said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 that 966,000 asylum applications were made, up 50% from 2021. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File) FILE - Ukrainian refugees queue for food in the welcome area after their arrival at the main train station in Berlin, Germany, March 8, 2022. Nearly one million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, the most since the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. The EU agency for asylum said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 that 966,000 asylum applications were made, up 50% from 2021. (AP Photo/Michael Sohn, File) FILE - Refugees wait in a crowd for transportation after fleeing from the Ukraine and arriving at the border crossing in Medyka, Poland, March 7, 2022. Nearly one million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, the most since the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. The EU agency for asylum said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 that 966,000 asylum applications were made, up 50% from 2021. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber, File) FILE - Migrants play basketball on the deck of Spanish NGO Open Arms lifeguard ship as they wait to get off the ship after docking at Messina port, in Sicily, Italy, Friday, Sept. 23, 2022. Nearly one million people applied for international protection in the European Union in 2022, the most since the refugee crisis of 2015-2016. The EU agency for asylum said Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023 that 966,000 asylum applications were made, up 50% from 2021. (AP Photo/Petros Karadjias, File)
Nearly 1 million asylum requests in the EU in 2022