Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2024, Ireland's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 109.3% compared to 2023, reaching 1,350.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 366,610.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 50.8% (from 895 in 2019).

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