...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
, Venezuela
...a country in Central America that sits on an enormous pool of oil. Formerly the most prospereous country in the region, it became infested with Commies sniffing almost unlimited wealth. It turned out the wealth wasn't unlimited, the economy collapsed under the clownish Hugo Chavez, the murder rate exceeded places like Honduras and El Salvador. A significant proportion of the populace refugeed to Colombia and points south..., and Colombia. The EU is debating a new migration plan.
Applications for asylum in the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
in 2022 soared to nearly one million, the European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA) said on Tuesday,
The agency said there were 996,000 applications last year, 53% more than in 2021.
People from Syria, Afghanistan, Turkey, Venezuela and Colombia were among the largest groups to have applied for asylum.
Germany received the largest number of applications at 244,000, followed by La Belle France, Spain, Austria and Italia.
EU UNDER 'ACUTE PRESSURE'
People who fled the war in Ukraine have been granted special temporary protection status.
Some 4 million live in the European Union. They are not part of the nearly million asylum applications filed last year.
The agency said the number of asylum seekers was putting "acute pressure on already strained reception places in many countries."
NEW EU MIGRATION PLAN
The report comes as European Union leaders debate a new migration plan, especially for those who have reached European shores without a legal pathway.
The EU recently agreed to a plan allowing states to either accept a certain number of
POLAND, HUNGARY BLOCK EU MIGRATION STATEMENT
Hungary and Poland, however, have objected to the plan. Hungarian Prime Minister Victor Orban told state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
last week they would not implement it.
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz has expressed confidence in the plan, saying it presents member countries with several options.
The migration plan has been especially in focus after a migrant boatwreck, believed to be one of the most tragic disasters in the Mediterranean sea in recent times, shone a light on the refugee crisis.