Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2019, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 59.1% compared to 2018, reaching 1,870.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 546,700.

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 76.4% (from 1,060 in 2014).

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