Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2016, Malta's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 4.8% compared to 2015, reaching 1,190.

Malta accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 662,965.

Malta ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 34.5% (from 885 in 2011).

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