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90 per cent of people granted refugee status in Bulgaria last year were Syrians

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A total of 1530 citizens of Syria received protection in Bulgaria as refugees in 2017, as well as 110 Iraqis and two stateless persons. The figures have been recently presented in the EC by Eurostat. Out of 4740 international protection requests last year, Bulgaria approved 1695, or 36%. In 2017 protection in the EU received a total of 538,120 foreigners, which is a 25% decrease compared to figures for 2016. Among those who received protection in the EU, the most numerous group is that of Syrians (33 per cent), followed by Afghans and Iraqis. A total of 70 percent of all Syrian refugees have received their status from Germany.




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