Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2022, Cyprus's asylum positive increased by 8.1% compared to 2021, reaching 335.

Cyprus accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 143,955.

Cyprus ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.3% (from 220 in 2017).

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