Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Italy's asylum positive increased by 61.1% compared to 2020, reaching 7,380.

Italy accounts for 6.5% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

Italy ranks 7th 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 53.8% (from 4,800 in 2016).

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