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Significantly more asylum applications were received from a broader range of countries of origin. This included almost all the main citizenships of applicants in recent months, notably Afghans, Syrians, Venezuelans, Colombians and Pakistanis.听Turkish听苍补迟颈辞苍补濒蝉听(3听300)听补苍诲听Georgians (2听500)听lodged the most applications on record, i.e. since at least 2014. Some 2 900 applicants were self-claimed unaccompanied minors, accounting for 4 % of all applicants.

Fewer Ukrainians have been applying for asylum, down from the peak of 14听000 in March to 1听900 in April and 1听600 in May, as the vast majority are eligible for temporary protection[] without having to undergo an asylum procedure.听In May, EU+ countries registered 530听000 persons for temporary protection (mainly Ukrainians), more than 300 times as many as the number of Ukrainian asylum applicants. By 24 July,听听had registered for temporary protection since the beginning of the Russian invasion on 24 February.听Temporary protection has therefore averted extreme pressure on asylum case processing.

After the EU+ recognition rate[] had been around 40听% for half a year, it jumped to 45听% in May.听Total positive decisions were evenly split between refugee status and subsidiary protection. From already high values in April,听recognition rates for Syrians and Ukrainians climbed further to 96听% and 97听%, respectively, the highest recognition rates of any citizenship receiving at least 200 decisions in May.

In addition, the听increase in the overall EU+ recognition rate reflected that Syrians and Ukrainians received far more decisions听than before (see below), while other citizenships with low recognition rates received substantially fewer decisions. Recognition rates were also especially high for Belarusians (87 %), Eritreans (82 %) and Yemenis (80 %) but fell sharply for Afghans (53 %, down from 73 % in April).

Asylum authorities in EU+ countries issued听about 54听100 first instance decisions in May 2022, the most since July 2020. The increase mainly reflected decisions on Syrian applications (12听300), which rose by 62听% in May. At a lower level,听decisions issued to Ukrainians more than tripled听(to 1听300). Despite the rise in decisions,听applications continued to outnumber decisions in May. At the end of the month, just over half a million cases were pending at first instance, with about half waiting for a decision for less than six months.

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[1] EUAA EPS data are preliminary and might differ from validated official statistics submitted to Eurostat at a later stage. Eurostat data are used in the annual EUAA Asylum Report. The total EPS numbers include an approximation for one EU+ country and may change after data updates.
[2] European Commission, Migration and Home Affairs, Temporary protection, 21 April 2022.
[3] This refers to the recognition rate for EU-regulated forms of protection (refugee status and subsidiary protection) at first instance.