Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2016, Bulgaria's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 193.1% compared to 2015, reaching 1,700.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 412,785.

Bulgaria ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 314.6% (from 410 in 2011).

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