Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2024, Bulgaria's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 6.3% compared to 2023, reaching 3,135.

Bulgaria accounts for 0.9% of the EU-27 total of 366,610.

Bulgaria ranks 11th 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 268.8% (from 850 in 2019).

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