‘Asylum requests fall in EU, rise in US’

PARIS: The number of people fleeing war or strife for more stable parts of the world declined significantly last year, although the United States registered a sharp increase in asylum applications during President Donald Trump’s first year in the White House. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development said the biggest exodus came for a third-year running from Afghanistan, Syria and Iraq. The report comes as immigration is shaping politics in Europe and the US.