First-time asylum applications

In 2025, Cyprus's first-time asylum applications decreased by 58.0% compared to 2024, reaching 2,835.

Cyprus accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 669,820.

Cyprus 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 59.8% (from 7,060 in 2020).

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