Malta records highest number of asylum seekers per capita

[Baluarte]

In 2012, there were 332 000 asylum applicants registered in the EU27. It is estimated that around 90% of these were new applicants and around 10% were repeat applicants. In 2011, there were 302 000 asylum applicants.
Compared with the population the highest rates of applicants registered were recorded in Malta with 5 000 applicants per million inhabitants. Malta also had the highest conentration from a single country with 60% of the applicants coming from Somalia, followed by Eritrea at 21% and Syria 7%.

While Afghanistan (8% of the total number of applicants) remained in 2012 the first main country of citizenship of these applicants, Syria (7%) became the second just ahead of Russia (7%), Pakistan (6%) and Serbia (6%).
Germany, France, Sweden, the United Kingdom and Belgium register 70% of all applicants

In 2012, the highest number of applicants was registered in Germany (77 500 applicants, or 23% of total applicants), followed by France (60 600, or 18%), Sweden (43 900, or 13%), the United Kingdom (28 200, or 8%) and Belgium (28 100, or 8%). These five Member States accounted for more than 70% of all applicants registered in the EU27 in 2012.
Compared with the population of each Member State, the highest rates of applicants registered were recorded in Malta (5 000 applicants per million inhabitants), Sweden (4 600), Luxembourg (3 900), Belgium (2 500) and Austria (2 100), and the lowest in Portugal (30), Estonia and Spain (both 55) and the Czech Republic (70).

In some Member States, a large proportion of the applicants came from a single country. The Member States with the highest concentrations were Malta (60% of the applicants came from Somalia this was followed by Eritrea at 21% and Syria 7%), Poland (57% from Russia), Latvia (51% from Georgia), Lithuania (48% from Georgia), Estonia (45% from Georgia) and Hungary (41% from Afghanistan).

More than a quarter of first instance decisions were positive
In 2012 in the EU273, 73% of first instance decisions5 made on asylum applications were rejections, while 14% of applicants were granted refugee status, 10% subsidiary protection and 2% authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons. It should be noted that first instance decisions made in 2012 may refer to applications registered in previous years.

If the proportion of positive decisions varies considerably among Member States, it should be kept in mind that the country of origin of applicants also differs greatly between Member States.
These data on asylum applicants in the EU27 are issued by Eurostat, the statistical office of the European Union.

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It'd seem the tragedy of Lampedusa 2011 was actually hiding another problematic phenomenon.
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As a part of my effort to publish daily articles about either global problems or Mediterranean issues, I will be adding Malta to my press reviews.

I'm sure more users could profit of it.
Thanks.

[Virtuous]

No shit sherlock, and the Italians were fussing about the Libyan crisis

[Virtuous]

I will participate in saving all of your pretty European asses in the Maltese MEP elections, by voting Norman Lowell.

[Baluarte]

No shit sherlock, and the Italians were fussing about the Libyan crisis

Truth be told this was a problem I only imagined but didn't really know. I'm very sorry to hear.

French news are terrible, British ones are focused on either the UK or the EU, and American/Arab ones just deal with global issues and the occasional regional problematic.
That's why I'm progressively being forced to read more and more journals.

Anyhow....how does the Maltese government behave regarding this issue?

[Virtuous]

'Nationalist' heart bleeding Catholics never did anything, only suggested burden sharing with the European Union. Now that Socialists are in power, I don't know what's their agenda.

10 years ago it was a phenomenon to see a black or an arab sitting on the bus, now you see them everywhere, husband and pregnant companion, baby in the puschair, 3 other kids running around. It's just horrible, and Maltese people are indifferent more than ever brainwashed by Marxist EU propaganda.

[Virtuous]

There might be a majority that is concerned but silent about this problem...I don't know, only hope is Lowell.

[Baluarte]

'Nationalist' heart bleeding Catholics never did anything, only suggested burden sharing with the European Union. Now that Socialists are in power, I don't know what's their agenda.

10 years ago it was a phenomenon to see a black or an arab sitting on the bus, now you see them everywhere, husband and pregnant companion, baby in the puschair, 3 other kids running around. It's just horrible, and Maltese people are indifferent more than ever brainwashed by Marxist EU propaganda.

Noooo, I had the stereotype that Malta was far less brainwashed than Italy in that respect. I had even read your Navy would not necessarily save African immigrants :S

I do not know this person "Lowell" you mention..could you link some useful information about him?

[Virtuous]

Noooo, I had the stereotype that Malta was far less brainwashed than Italy in that respect. I had even read your Navy would not necessarily save African immigrants :S

I do not know this person "Lowell" you mention..could you link some useful information about him?

Like I said, there might be a silent majority.

Norman Lowell is a far right politician from Malta, he's got many Nationalist friends, contacts and followers throughout Europe. Famous for his book Imperium Europa, it's an idea on to save the white race and unite European peoples...like a right wing communist manifesto.

site is down but I can link you to the facebook page

//www.facebook.com/vmforum?ref=br_tf

personally I don't care if he is sucessfull in implementing his great plan, we just need the apes to get out of here...fast.

[Methusalem]

10 years ago it was a phenomenon to see a black or an arab sitting on the bus, now you see them everywhere, husband and pregnant companion, baby in the puschair, 3 other kids running around. It's just horrible, and Maltese people are indifferent more than ever brainwashed by Marxist EU propaganda.

So you are a 'White Nationalist'? As far as I know Malta is a racial and cultural melting pot where the Levante, South Europe and Northafrica meet and met together for centuries. Not only culturally, but also genetically, phenotypically and racially. You speak a slightly modified version of the Arab language, after barely determinable origin of the Immigrants in prehistoric times, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Sicilians settled on this island group. It is quite funny how you vainly try to be anti-immigrant, nationalistic and anti-multiculti although your nowadays 'homogenous' country is the direct result of ancient multiculture.

[Virtuous]

So you are a 'White Nationalist'? As far as I know Malta is a racial and cultural melting pot where the Levante, South Europe and Northafrica meet and met together for centuries. Not only culturally, but also genetically, phenotypically and racially. You speak a slightly modified version of the Arab language, after barely determinable origin of the Immigrants in prehistoric times, Phoenicians, Greeks, Romans, Arabs, Normans and Sicilians settled on this island group. It is quite funny how you vainly try to be anti-immigrant, nationalistic and anti-multiculti although your nowadays 'homogenous' country is the direct result of ancient multiculture.

You put it so simple, this is my perspective:

I am Maltese, I am European, I am Caucasian, I live on an Island that is soon to be turned into the Mediterranean version of Haiti. Majority of my people's DNA is Western European. Language is not Arab, but Maltese, culture is S.Europan, not African or Levant. Don't come preaching about my country's affairs and go spread your Marxist non-sense elsewhere.

Thank you, fuck you and goodbye.