Discovering Data Under Headlines: Brussels Resumes Policy Push to Share Out Refugees Across EU, there is a map showing persons seeking asylum in the European Union as of May 2015. In this question, you will be asked to update these figures to reflect the most recent data available. The source of the data is Eurostat, available at http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat. Choose “Data” and “Browse statistics by theme.” Under the heading “Population and social conditions,” you will find

“Asylum and managed migration.”

a. How many asylum seekers are in Germany for the whole of 2015, or in the most recent year available?

Also write down the number of asylum seekers in 2015, or the most recent year available, for one other country shown in in Headlines article.

b. Use the “Data” tab on the left of this webpage to learn more about the applications of asylum seekers and the decisions on those applications. What is the difference between “first instance” decisions and

“final decisions” on asylum applications? Write down the numbers of these decisions for 2015, or the most recent year available, in Germany and in the other country that you chose in part (a).

c. What is a “first permit” and how many were issued in Germany and in the other country that you chose, for 2015 or the most recent year available? What is the number of “all valid permits” in these two countries, and how does that compare with the population of these countries?

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