The number of people applying for asylum in the European Union in 2017 dropped significantly for the first time since 2015. Germany still received the highest number of applications, but less than half were approved.
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Three Italian non-government organizations will start start working in a center for migrants in Libya in the new year, giving food and assistance to people stranded there.
A young migrant from Mali who was saved from the Mediterranean Sea in recent days told a dramatic story to his rescuers. "It would be better to drown than to be arrested by the Libyans," he said.
Migrant arrivals by sea to Spain tripled in 2017 on the previous year, mainly because of a surge in the numbers of Algerians and Moroccans, while over 200 died trying to make the crossing.