Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Finland's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 320.8% compared to 2015, reaching 7,070.

Finland accounts for 1.1% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Finland 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 563.8% (from 1,065 in 2011).

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