Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2022, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 19.1% compared to 2021, reaching 10,925.

Belgium accounts for 3.5% of the EU-27 total of 312,060.

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 13.2% (from 12,585 in 2017).

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