Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 32.2% compared to 2017, reaching 1,005.

Ireland accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

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 570.0% (from 150 in 2013).

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