Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2022, Romania's asylum positive decreased by 4.9% compared to 2021, reaching 490.

Romania accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 143,955.

Romania ranks 14th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 43.4% (from 865 in 2017).

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