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Eurostat: 29,000 Albanians sought asylum in 2016, Germany remains top destination

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TIRANA, March 20 – The number of first time Albanian asylum seekers to EU member countries more than halved in 2016, but Albania remained for the second year in a row among the top 10 countries of citizenship seeking asylum protection in list dominated by war torn Asian and African countries and Russia. A recent report published by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union, has shown the number of Albanian asylum seekers to EU countries dropped to 28,925 in 2016, down from a record 65,935 in 2015 when the country faced a massive exodus. Germany was once again…

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