IE · 2016 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
Ireland, 2016
In 2016, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 113.0% compared to 2015, reaching 2,130.
Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,075,745.
Ireland 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 56.0% (from 1,365 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.