Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2014, Italy's asylum positive increased by 18.2% compared to 2013, reaching 3,640.

Italy accounts for 4.2% of the EU-27 total of 86,385.

Italy ranks 8th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 61.8% (from 2,250 in 2009).

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