PT · 2019 · migr_asyappctzm
First-time asylum applications
Portugal, 2019
In 2019, Portugal's first-time asylum applications increased by 40.5% compared to 2018, reaching 1,735.
Portugal accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 629,230.
Portugal ranks 20th 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 294.3% (from 440 in 2014).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asyappctzm, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.