Prague, Nov 18 (CTK) – One hundred and thirty foreigners applied for asylum in the Czech Republic in October, mostly from Ukraine (46) and Syria (38), according to the data posted on the Interior Ministry website Wednesday.
Five Syrians, who have been mentioned in connection with the current migrant wave, and one stateless foreigner were granted asylum in October.
Czech authorities have received 1245 asylum applications since the beginning of the year. During this period, 52 foreigners were granted asylum and 344 foreigners were granted additional protection.
From January to October 2014, 965 foreigners applied for asylum in the country.
The asylum was not granted or the asylum proceedings were halted in 722 cases this year. The ministry was dealing with 618 asylum applications at the end of October.
In accordance with the Dublin proceedings, four foreigners were transferred to the Czech Republic from other EU countries and three foreigners were transferred from the Czech Republic to Hungary in October.
In 2015, the asylum applicants have been mostly Ukrainians (573) so far, followed by citizens of Cuba (120), Syria (111), Vietnam (69), Armenia (38) and Russia (34).
