Asylum positive first-instance decisions

In 2021, Netherlands's asylum positive first-instance decisions increased by 40.0% compared to 2020, reaching 12,065.

Netherlands accounts for 5.9% of the EU-27 total of 202,985.

Netherlands ranks 7th 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 42.0% (from 20,810 in 2016).

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