Asylum positive — humanitarian protection

In 2018, Italy's asylum positive increased by 2.3% compared to 2017, reaching 19,970.

Italy accounts for 62.1% of the EU-27 total of 32,170.

Italy ranks 1st out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 247.3% (from 5,750 in 2013).

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