Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Ireland's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 33.7% compared to 2023, reaching 5,140.

Ireland accounts for 0.7% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Ireland ranks 13th 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 174.9% (from 1,870 in 2019).

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