Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Finland's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 29.9% compared to 2017, reaching 2,405.

Finland accounts for 1.2% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

Finland ranks 10th 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 45.8% (from 1,650 in 2013).

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