Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Belgium's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 43.3% compared to 2024, reaching 8,860.

Belgium accounts for 2.7% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

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 55.2% (from 5,710 in 2020).

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