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As reported in several newspapers, the UK has made headlines regarding its decision to freeze asylum claims from Syrians, a demographic that significantly contributed to the asylum statistics between 2011 and 2021. In those years, over 30,000 Syrians were granted asylum in the UK, establishing them as the fifth largest group of applicants in the country. The freezing of these claims has been perceived as a harsh measure, particularly from outlets like Il Manifesto, an Italian communist newspaper, which argues that the temporary border openings facilitated by the EU in 2015 have come to an embarrassing halt as the desperate are now actively discouraged by European policies.