Playing the EU asylum lottery
Asylum seekers have not truly made it until their applications are approved, giving them the right to remain as refugees or under some other form of protection. A refusal can mean removal back to the country they fled, or a life living in the shadows as an “illegal” migrant. As the map below shows, percentage rates of asylum approval across the European Union in 2014 varied dramatically.
▻http://newirin.irinnews.org/dataviz/2015/7/21/playing-the-eu-asylum-lottery
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