Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2014, Netherlands's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 110.2% compared to 2013, reaching 12,550.

Netherlands accounts for 8.0% of the EU-27 total of 157,275.

Netherlands ranks 5th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 52.2% (from 8,245 in 2009).

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