Asylum positive — refugee status

In 2025, Romania's asylum positive increased by 17.3% compared to 2024, reaching 305.

Romania accounts for 0.2% of the EU-27 total of 166,825.

Romania ranks 17th 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 45.2% (from 210 in 2020).

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