EL · 2017 · migr_asydcfsta

Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

Greece, 2017

Asylum first-instance decisions (total)
24,515
Greece, 2017
▲ 114.0% vs 2016 (11,455)
Analysis

In 2017, Greece's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 114.0% compared to 2016, reaching 24,515.

Greece accounts for 2.6% of the EU-27 total of 933,565.

Greece ranks 6th 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 119.0% (from 11,195 in 2012).

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

Rank in EU-27 · 2017
#6 of 27
% of EU-27 total · 2017
2.6%
EU-27: 933,565
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