Asylum positive — humanitarian protection

In 2016, Italy's asylum positive increased by 17.4% compared to 2015, reaching 18,515.

Italy accounts for 37.3% of the EU-27 total of 49,665.

Italy ranks 2nd out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 500.2% (from 3,085 in 2011).

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