Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2021, Bulgaria's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 8.7% compared to 2020, reaching 1,255.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 328,540.

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 fallen by 26.2% (from 1,700 in 2016).

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