Federal Migration and Refugees Service

More Macedonians Seek Asylum in Germany

Published by Balkan Insight on Mon, 02/24/2014 - 12:01

The German Federal Service on Migration and Refugees said that 9,420 people from Macedonia lodged asylum applications in Germany in 2013, Deutsche Welle reported.

The figure represents a sharp increase from 2012, when almost 6,900 Macedonians sought asylum in Germany, and from 2011, when there were 1,750 applicants from the Balkan state.