Asylum first-instance decisions (total)

In 2024, Romania's asylum first-instance decisions (total) decreased by 64.2% compared to 2023, reaching 2,215.

Romania accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 754,225.

Romania ranks 15th 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 68.4% (from 1,315 in 2019).

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