Italy received over 77,000 asylum applications in 2022

Rome: Over 77,000 applications for asylum were registered by authorities in Italy last year, well below compared to those recorded in other countries such as Germany, Spain and France.

Such conclusions were reached in the annual report provided by the Italian Refugee Council (CIR) for last year, while the same revealed that the conflict in Ukraine brought a total of 173,598 refugees to Italy, SchengenVisaInfo.com reports.

“The year 2022 was particularly complex for asylum applications in Italy and in Europe: the conflict in Ukraine caused nearly eight million refugees, and it has pushed 173,589 people to seek shelter in Italy (data from the Ministry of the Interior until December 31, 2022),” the report revealed.

The same noted that such a scenario required constant commitment and actions in order to protect and integrate the refugees.

The annual report of the Italian Refugee Council for last year noted that asylum applications in Italy were over a third of those recorded in Germany in 2022 during which year the country accepted 217,735 applications filed for international protection.

Authorities in France (137,505) and Spain (116,140) also registered a higher number of asylum applications in 2022, as the total number of asylum requests was slightly over one third of those in Germany, France and Spain or 35 per cent 56 per cent and 66 per cent more specifically.

“With regards to the Italian asylum system, the examined requests were 52,625: 53 per cent the rejections (27,385), 12 per cent (6,161) were recognized refugee status, and 13 per cent benefited from subsidiary protection (6,770) and 21 per cent those who were granted special protection (10,865),” the report revealed.

The report notes that the rate is declining in comparison to 2021 figures by a total of nine per cent.