Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Romania's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 46.3% compared to 2024, reaching 1,190.

Romania accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 833,835.

Romania ranks 18th 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 52.5% (from 2,505 in 2020).

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