Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2020, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 31.8% compared to 2019, reaching 1,275.

Ireland accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 528,365.

Ireland ranks 15th 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 27.5% (from 1,000 in 2015).

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