PT · 2015 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Portugal, 2015
In 2015, Portugal's first-time asylum applications increased by 98.9% compared to 2014, reaching 875.
Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 1,217,180.
Portugal ranks 21st 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 446.9% (from 160 in 2010).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.