Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2023, Romania's asylum positive increased by 7.1% compared to 2022, reaching 525.

Romania accounts for 0.3% of the EU-27 total of 152,020.

Romania ranks 16th 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 72.1% (from 305 in 2018).

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