Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2023, Malta's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 71.1% compared to 2022, reaching 325.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 358,275.

Malta ranks 21st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 49.6% (from 645 in 2018).

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