Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 47.0% compared to 2015, reaching 485.

Ireland accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Ireland ranks 17th 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 546.7% (from 75 in 2011).

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