10 January 2017
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"Greek asylum applications registered a massive jump late last year, but experts pin it mainly to a backlog.
The Greek Asylum Service noted a 593 percent increase of asylum applications in November alone, or around 7,600 claims, compared to 2015's monthly average of 1,100.
The spike appears to be broadly linked to a large-scale pre-registration programme launched over the summer and a doubling of staff at the Greek Asylum Service."
See: Greek asylum claims spike due to backlogs (EUobserver, link)
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