Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2025, Cyprus's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 9.5% compared to 2024, reaching 7,895.

Cyprus accounts for 1.6% of the EU-27 total of 506,860.

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 365.8% (from 1,695 in 2020).

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