Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2021, Malta's asylum positive decreased by 73.3% compared to 2020, reaching 20.

Malta accounts for 0.0% of the EU-27 total of 113,375.

Malta ranks 24th 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 87.9% (from 165 in 2016).

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