Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2015, Portugal's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 77.3% compared to 2014, reaching 195.

Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 293,700.

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 254.5% (from 55 in 2010).

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