Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors - annual data

In 2022, Ireland's asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors decreased by 27.3% compared to 2021, reaching 40.0.

Ireland accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 39,180.

Ireland ranks 20th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 33.3% (from 30.0 in 2017).

Source: Eurostat dataset tps00194, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.