The European Union Agency for Asylum, EUAA says, applications for asylum in the European Union in 2022 soared to nearly one million. This is 53 percent 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 2,44,000, followed by France, Spain, Austria, and Italy.
 
The agency said, the number of asylum seekers was putting acute pressure on already strained reception places in many countries.
 
The report comes as European Union leaders debate a new migration plan, especially for those who have reached European shores without a legal pathway.
 
 Hungary and Poland have objected to the plan.