Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2019, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 3.0% compared to 2018, reaching 975.

Ireland accounts for 0.5% of the EU-27 total of 206,870.

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 143.8% (from 400 in 2014).

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