LV · 2016 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Latvia, 2016
In 2016, Latvia's first-time asylum applications increased by 6.1% compared to 2015, reaching 350.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,167,070.
Latvia ranks 25th 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 2.9% (from 340 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.