59. 在一些欧洲国家，如奥地利，儿童必须申请庇护，才能获得基本服务和直接法律援助。法律援助先由最初收容中心的法律顾问提供，之后由省青年办事处提供。2015 年欧盟和自由流动区内申请庇护儿童数量比 2014 年增加一倍多。2016 年上半年，欧盟和自由流动区寻求庇护儿童中有近 70%是逃离阿富汗、伊拉克或阿拉伯叙利亚共和国战乱的儿童。57
59. In some European States, such as Austria, children have to apply for asylum in order to receive basic services and immediate legal representation, which is provided at first by the legal adviser at the initial reception centre and subsequently by the provincial youth offices. More than twice as many children applied for asylum within the European Union and free movement zone in 2015 than in 2014; in the first half of 2016, nearly 70 per cent of children seeking asylum in the European Union and free movement zone were fleeing conflict in Afghanistan, Iraq or the Syrian Arab Republic.57