Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Italy's asylum first-instance decisions (total) increased by 70.5% compared to 2023, reaching 78,565.

Italy accounts for 10.4% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Italy ranks 4th 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 16.0% (from 93,495 in 2019).

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