First-time asylum applications

In 2016, Romania's first-time asylum applications increased by 52.0% compared to 2015, reaching 1,855.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 1,167,070.

Romania ranks 19th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 9.1% (from 1,700 in 2011).

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