Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2015, Netherlands's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 31.1% compared to 2014, reaching 16,450.

Netherlands accounts for 5.6% of the EU-27 total of 293,700.

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 105.5% (from 8,005 in 2010).

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