More than a million of Europe's asylum seekers left in limbo
by Jon Henley European affairs correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#32PGH)
Of 2.2 million who sought asylum during crisis, more than half were still waiting for decision up to two years later, analysts say
More than 1.1 million people who sought asylum in Europe during the continent's biggest refugee crisis since the second world war were still waiting up to two years later to hear whether they would be allowed to stay, according to a study.
In the first Europe-wide analysis of the status of asylum seekers who arrived in Norway, Switzerland and the 28-member EU during the 2015-16 crisis, the Pew Research Center estimated more than half were still in limbo in December last year.
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