Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2025, Malta's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 13.0% compared to 2024, reaching 200.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 325,765.

Malta ranks 20th 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 25.9% (from 270 in 2020).

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