Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2021, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 21.2% compared to 2020, reaching 1,545.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 531,525.

Ireland ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 27.5% (from 2,130 in 2016).

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