PT · 2017 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
Portugal, 2017
Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
955
Portugal, 2017
▲ 60.5% vs 2016 (595)
Analysis
In 2017, Portugal's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 60.5% compared to 2016, reaching 955.
Portugal accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 933,565.
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 315.2% (from 230 in 2012).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.
Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#20 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
0.1%
EU-27: 933,565
Portugal timeline (last 15 years)
2011 2025
Source:
Eurostat · migr_asydcfsta