CY · 2016 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Cyprus, 2016
In 2016, Cyprus's first-time asylum applications increased by 35.1% compared to 2015, reaching 2,850.
Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,167,070.
Cyprus ranks 15th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 63.3% (from 1,745 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.