MT · 2023 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Malta, 2023
In 2023, Malta's first-time asylum applications decreased by 45.9% compared to 2022, reaching 495.
Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 1,049,905.
Malta 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 75.6% (from 2,030 in 2018).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.