Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2017, Ireland's asylum positive increased by 43.8% compared to 2016, reaching 640.

Ireland accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 211,070.

Ireland ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 884.6% (from 65 in 2012).

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