Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Romania's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 16.1% compared to 2024, reaching 625.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 325,960.

Romania ranks 16th 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 1.6% (from 635 in 2020).

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