First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Romania's first-time asylum applications decreased by 49.0% compared to 2024, reaching 1,155.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 670,165.

Romania 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 fallen by 80.8% (from 6,025 in 2020).

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