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Picture from the article: an internally displaced Syrian man walks
amidst tents in the Maiber al-Salam refugee camp along the Turkish border in
the northern province of Aleppo on April 17, 2013.
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Applications for EU asylum doubled in 2013
compared to the previous year according to data by the UN High Commission for
Refugees released on March 11.
Since the conflict in Syria begun in early
2011 the EU’s 28 member states have received a total of 76,373 new asylum
applications of Syrians the UNHCR says.
The number of Syrians arriving to the
European Union, Norway and Switzerland seeking international protection has
increased in 2013, although it remains comparatively low, as less than 4% of
Syrians who have fled the conflict have sought safety in Europe, the
organisation ads.
