Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2024, Romania's asylum positive decreased by 50.5% compared to 2023, reaching 260.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 164,795.

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 fallen by 18.8% (from 320 in 2019).

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