LV · 2014 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Latvia, 2014
In 2014, Latvia's first-time asylum applications increased by 100.0% compared to 2013, reaching 370.
Latvia accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 530,975.
Latvia ranks 24th 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 722.2% (from 45 in 2009).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.