Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2023, Bulgaria's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 562.9% compared to 2022, reaching 2,950.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 319,540.

Bulgaria ranks 12th 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 115.3% (from 1,370 in 2018).

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