Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2016, Italy's asylum positive increased by 34.3% compared to 2015, reaching 4,800.

Italy accounts for 1.3% of the EU-27 total of 358,065.

Italy ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 165.9% (from 1,805 in 2011).

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