Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Italy's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 43.0% compared to 2013, reaching 20,580.

Italy accounts for 13.1% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

Italy ranks 3rd 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 127.0% (from 9,065 in 2009).

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