Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2017, Netherlands's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 62.5% compared to 2016, reaching 7,810.

Netherlands accounts for 1.8% of the EU-27 total of 428,730.

Netherlands ranks 8th 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 41.9% (from 5,505 in 2012).

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