TOPIC · 15 INDICATORS · EUROSTAT
Migration & asylum
Asylum applications and decisions, residence permits, returns, naturalisations and foreign-born populations as published by Eurostat (migr_*). All counts are administrative records of EU member-state procedures.
EU-27 average
144,780
Range (min)
30
Range (max)
41,935
Countries covered
27/27
Migration & asylum across the EU
Latest values for First-time asylum applications (2026) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.
Top 10 · highest first-time asylum applications
Snapshot year 2026 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 144,780
All indicators in this topic
Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.
Asylum applications & decisions
7 indicators- First-time asylum applicationsmigr_asyappctzm · 28 countries144,780EU-27 · 2026
- Asylum negative first-instance decisionsmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries507,875EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive first-instance decisionsmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries325,960EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protectionmigr_asydcfsta · 18 countries86,575EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — refugee statusmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries166,905EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protectionmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries72,480EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total)migr_asydcfsta · 28 countries833,835EU-27 · 2025
Residence permits
5 indicators- First residence permits — educationmigr_resfirst · 28 countries549,458EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — workmigr_resfirst · 28 countries1,115,986EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — familymigr_resfirst · 28 countries950,422EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — othermigr_resfirst · 28 countries888,784EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits issued (total)migr_resfirst · 28 countries3,504,650EU-27 · 2024
Returns
2 indicatorsCitizenship & population
1 indicatorRelated topics
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (15 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.
Last refreshed: 2026-06-30 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API