Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Italy's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 19.6% compared to 2015, reaching 35,405.

Italy accounts for 5.3% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Italy ranks 3rd 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 394.8% (from 7,155 in 2011).

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