More than half of total asylum applications in 2015 and 2016 were from application Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq; Germany was top application country Origin and destination countries of first-time asylum applications received by European Union countries, Norway and Switzerland
In all, Europe received some 2.5 million first-time asylum applications in 2015 and 2016. The European country with the most applications in the past two years has been Germany, which received nearly half (45%) of these applications, followed by Hungary (8%), Italy (8%) and Sweden (7%). Both Italy and Greece continue to receive new arrivals on their shores, but Italy received more than Greece in 2016.
More than half of total asylum applications in 2015  | and 2016 were from application Syria, Afghanistan and Iraq;  | Germany was top application country  | Origin and destination countries of first-time asylum applications  | received by European Union countries, Norway and Switzerland  | in 2015 and 2016  | Syria  | Afghanistan Iraq  | Albania  | Other  | Origins  | 28%  | 15  | 10  | 43  | Sweden Other  | Germany  | Hungary  | Italy  | Destinations  | 45%  | 32  | Note: Europe in this analysis does not include Iceland or Liechtenstein.  | Source: Pew Research Center ana lysis of Eurostat data accessed March 14, 2017  | PEW RESEARCH CENTER 