In 2022, 881,200 first-time asylum applicants applied for international protection in E.U. countries, up by 64% compared with 2021 (537,400). The country that received the most applications relative to its population was Cyprus, Eurostat data released on Thursday show. Specifically, in 2022, Cyprus received 23,864 first-time applications per million people, which is around 12 times … Continue reading Cyprus tops E.U. in first-time asylum applications relative to population