Nearly 900,000 asylum seekers living in limbo in EU, figures show
Backlog of claims persists despite number of arrivals almost halving in two years. A boy at an unofficial camp on the Greek island of Lesbos. Photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images Close to 900,000 asylum seekers in the EU are waiting to have their claims processed, according to figures from the European statistics office. Women, men, and…