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EU faces backlog of 900,000 asylum applications
By EUobserver
At the end of June 2019, there were 439,039 asylum seeker applications in the EU awaiting a decision in the first instance - an increase compared to a year ago, according to figures from the European Asylum Support Office. An equal number of cases were also pending an appeal. The rejection rate for asylum requests in Europe has risen from 37 percent in 2016 to 64 percent in 2019.