Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Malta's asylum positive increased by 54.5% compared to 2024, reaching 85.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 166,825.

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 grown by 13.3% (from 75 in 2020).

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