➡ From Child Welfare Information Gateway NJ:
Europe: Asylum applications from unaccompanied minors fell sharply in Europe in 2016
Pew Research Center – May 04, 2017
The European Union, Norway and Switzerland received nearly 66,000 asylum applications from unaccompanied minor migrants in 2016, a decline of nearly 40% from 2015’s record total but still well above the total of prior years, according to a new Pew Research Center analysis of data from Eurostat, the EU’s statistical agency.
http://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2017/05/04/asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-minors-fell-sharply-in-europe-in-2016/?utm_source=Pew+Research+Center&utm_campaign=be5de05165-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2017