MT · 2015 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Malta, 2015
In 2015, Malta's first-time asylum applications increased by 33.2% compared to 2014, reaching 1,705.
Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,217,180.
Malta ranks 18th 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 1075.9% (from 145 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.