Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 28.3% compared to 2013, reaching 8,055.

Belgium accounts for 5.1% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

Belgium ranks 6th 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 176.8% (from 2,910 in 2009).

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