Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2017, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 56.7% compared to 2016, reaching 760.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.

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 660.0% (from 100 in 2012).

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