Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2025, Cyprus's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 31.4% compared to 2024, reaching 8,575.

Cyprus accounts for 1.0% of the EU-27 total of 832,625.

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 154.1% (from 3,375 in 2020).

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