Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2018, Netherlands's asylum positive first-instance decisions decreased by 53.6% compared to 2017, reaching 3,620.

Netherlands accounts for 1.7% of the EU-27 total of 207,500.

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 fallen by 39.4% (from 5,970 in 2013).

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