Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 43.7% compared to 2015, reaching 15,050.

Belgium accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Belgium ranks 7th 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 196.6% (from 5,075 in 2011).

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