Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2024, Cyprus's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 16.6% compared to 2023, reaching 8,725.

Cyprus accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 366,610.

Cyprus ranks 8th 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 341.8% (from 1,975 in 2019).

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