EU received over 4,600 Afghan asylum applications since May, prompting migrant wave concern

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

51% : The UNHCR also noted that "countries such as Iran and Pakistan have for decades generously hosted the vast majority of the total global number of Afghan refugees."
50% : The EU estimates that since 2015, around 570,000 Afghans have applied for asylum.
43% : Most Afghans are likely to flee to Iran, Pakistan or other northern neighbors like Uzbekistan and Tajikistan.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.