Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2024, Malta's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 29.2% compared to 2023, reaching 230.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 387,615.

Malta ranks 19th 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 43.2% (from 405 in 2019).

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