Asylum negative first-instance decisions

In 2025, Ireland's asylum negative first-instance decisions increased by 55.2% compared to 2024, reaching 2,095.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 506,860.

Ireland ranks 13th 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 534.8% (from 330 in 2020).

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