Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Cyprus's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 82.1% compared to 2024, reaching 675.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

Cyprus ranks 15th 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 59.7% (from 1,675 in 2020).

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