Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2020, Ireland's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 3.1% compared to 2019, reaching 945.

Ireland accounts for 0.4% of the EU-27 total of 212,840.

Ireland ranks 12th 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 186.4% (from 330 in 2015).

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