Eurostat: Asylum Decisions in the EU 27

Date: 
Friday, October 4, 2013

Eurostat published statistics on asylum decisions by the EU Member States in 2012. The data shows Member States granted protection to more than 100,000 asylum seekers. The highest numbers of grants of protection came from Germany (22,000), Sweden (15,300), the UK (14,600) and France (14,300). Citizens of Syria constituted the largest group of beneficiaries (18%), followed by Afghanistan (13%) and Somalia (8%).  A total of 407,300 decisions were made: 274,500 were first instance decisions and 132,800 were appeals. In terms of total rate of recognition, 28% of first instance decisions were granted positive decisions (refugee and subsidiary protection: 25%; humanitarian status: 3%). For appeals, the total recognition rate was 19% (refugee and subsidiary protection: 14%; humanitarian status: 5%).

 See the full statistics on the EU website.


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