{"id":343135,"date":"2018-01-10T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2018-01-10T08:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/record-100000-asylum-applications-in-2017\/"},"modified":"2018-01-10T09:00:11","modified_gmt":"2018-01-10T08:00:11","slug":"record-100000-asylum-applications-in-2017","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/record-100000-asylum-applications-in-2017\/","title":{"rendered":"Record 100,000 Asylum Applications in 2017"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/01\/09\/france-breaks-record-100000-asylum-applications-2017\/\"><strong>Breitbart<\/strong><\/a><br \/>January 9, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>The\u00a0French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) has announced that France received a record-breaking\u00a0100,412 asylum applications in 2017, with\u00a0many of the asylum seekers coming from Africa.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The asylum\u00a0application total shows an increase of 17 per cent compared to figures from 2016 and has also seen the emergence of asylum seekers from new origin countries, mainly in Africa,\u00a0<em>Le Monde<\/em> <a class=\"x5l\" href=\"http:\/\/www.lemonde.fr\/societe\/article\/2018\/01\/08\/le-cap-des-100-000-demandes-d-asile-franchi-en-france-en-2017_5238644_3224.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"external noopener noreferrer\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Among the top 10 nationalities seeking asylum, African countries made up over half of the nations of origin. The largest\u00a0and fourth overall were\u00a0asylum seekers from Sudan, followed by\u00a0Guineans and other asylum seekers from French-speaking countries like Ivory Coast and Congo.<\/p>\n<p>Since his election in May of last year, President Emmanuel\u00a0Macron has taken steps to curb the influx of migrants from Africa and was able to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2017\/08\/29\/meeting-african-leaders-macron-calls-migrant-processing-areas-niger-chad\/\">secure a deal<\/a> with Niger and Chad last year to allow the passage of a smaller number of vetted migrants.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/london\/2018\/01\/09\/france-breaks-record-100000-asylum-applications-2017\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Tuesday, January 9, 2018  at  8:56 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/france-record-100000-asylum-applications-in-2017.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/hw.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/france-record-100000-asylum-applications-in-2017.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BreitbartJanuary 9, 2018 The\u00a0French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons (Ofpra) has announced that France received a record-breaking\u00a0100,412 asylum applications in 2017, with\u00a0many of the asylum seekers coming from Africa. 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