Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Italy's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 11.3% compared to 2024, reaching 31,365.

Italy accounts for 9.6% of the EU-27 total of 325,960.

Italy ranks 4th 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 170.7% (from 11,585 in 2020).

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