BG · 2017 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum positive first-instance decisions
Bulgaria, 2017
In 2017, Bulgaria's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 25.6% compared to 2016, reaching 1,695.
Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.
Bulgaria ranks 12th 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 897.1% (from 170 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.