Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Italy's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 88.2% compared to 2020, reaching 21,805.

Italy accounts for 10.7% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

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 fallen by 38.4% (from 35,405 in 2016).

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