Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 11.5% compared to 2024, reaching 5,730.

Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

Ireland 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 349.4% (from 1,275 in 2020).

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