Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2023, Cyprus's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 11.2% compared to 2022, reaching 7,480.

Cyprus accounts for 2.3% of the EU-27 total of 319,540.

Cyprus ranks 9th 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 491.3% (from 1,265 in 2018).

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