EU27_2020 · 2020 · migr_asyappctzm

First-time asylum applications

Name: First-time asylum applications — European Union (27), 2020
Creator: eupublicdata
Published: 2026-06-30
License: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/

European Union (27), 2020

415,480

European Union (27), 2020

▼ 34.0% vs 2019 (629,230)

Analysis

In 2020, European Union (27)'s first-time asylum applications decreased by 34.0% compared to 2019, reaching 415,480.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 65.9% (from 1,217,180 in 2015).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.

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Source: Eurostat · migr_asyappctzm