Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, France's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 4.0% compared to 2023, reaching 137,895.

France accounts for 18.3% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

France ranks 2nd 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 21.1% (from 113,890 in 2019).

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