EU Counts 185,000 Asylum Seekers, Led by Kosovo, Syria
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The European Union counted 185,000 applicants for political asylum in the first quarter, little changed from the previous quarter but up 86 percent from a year ago.
People fleeing Kosovo -- generally seen as “economic” migrants with a tenuous claim to refugee status -- made up 26 percent of the total, seeking to live mainly in Germany and Hungary.