BE · 2013 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
Belgium, 2013
In 2013, Belgium's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 12.7% compared to 2012, reaching 21,505.
Belgium accounts for 7.4% of the EU-27 total of 292,360.
Belgium ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 57.9% (from 13,620 in 2008).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.