Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2020, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 12.6% compared to 2019, reaching 5,710.

Belgium accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 212,840.

Belgium ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 45.5% (from 10,475 in 2015).

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