EL · 2021 · migr_asydcfsta

Asylum negative first-instance decisions

Greece, 2021

Asylum negative first-instance decisions
20,630
Greece, 2021
▼ 25.9% vs 2020 (27,830)
Analysis

In 2021, Greece's asylum negative first-instance decisions decreased by 25.9% compared to 2020, reaching 20,630.

Greece accounts for 6.3% of the EU-27 total of 328,540.

Greece ranks 5th 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 136.0% (from 8,740 in 2016).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2021
#5 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2021
6.3%
EU-27: 328,540
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