ES · 2016 · migr_asydcfsta
Asylum positive first-instance decisions
Spain, 2016
In 2016, Spain's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 572.1% compared to 2015, reaching 6,855.
Spain accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.
Spain ranks 10th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.
Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 592.4% (from 990 in 2011).
Source: Eurostat dataset migr_asydcfsta, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.