LV · 2018 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Latvia, 2018
In 2018, Latvia's first-time asylum applications decreased by 50.0% compared to 2017, reaching 175.
Latvia accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 564,900.
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 fallen by 5.4% (from 185 in 2013).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.