Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2014, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 26.2% compared to 2013, reaching 1,060.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 341,435.

Ireland ranks 18th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 66.2% (from 3,135 in 2009).

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