EL · 2017 · migr_asydcfsta

Asylum positive first-instance decisions

Greece, 2017

Asylum positive first-instance decisions
10,455
Greece, 2017
▲ 285.1% vs 2016 (2,715)
Analysis

In 2017, Greece's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 285.1% compared to 2016, reaching 10,455.

Greece accounts for 2.4% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.

Greece ranks 7th 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 10905.3% (from 95 in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#7 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
2.4%
EU-27: 428,730
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