Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2018, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 32.8% compared to 2017, reaching 1,175.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 556,610.

Ireland ranks 19th 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 39.9% (from 840 in 2013).

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