Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Portugal's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 18.5% compared to 2013, reaching 110.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

Portugal ranks 22nd 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 120.0% (from 50 in 2009).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.