TOPIC · 26 INDICATORS · EUROSTAT
Migration & asylum
Asylum applications and decisions, residence permits, returns, naturalisations and foreign-born populations as published by Eurostat (migr_*). All counts are administrative records of EU member-state procedures.
EU-27 average
51,195
Range (min)
20
Range (max)
26,105
Countries covered
27/27
Migration & asylum across the EU
Latest values for First-time asylum applications (2026) across 27 EU member states. Click a country tile for its full profile.
Top 10 · highest first-time asylum applications
Snapshot year 2026 · 27 countries covered · EU-27 avg 51,195
All indicators in this topic
Every Eurostat indicator currently held for this topic, grouped into reader-friendly clusters. Each card links to the cross-country profile with the full time series.
Asylum applications & decisions
12 indicators- First-time asylum applicationsmigr_asyappctzm · 28 countries51,195EU-27 · 2026
- Asylum negative first-instance decisionsmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries506,860EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive first-instance decisionsmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries325,765EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — humanitarian protectionmigr_asydcfsta · 18 countries86,410EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — refugee statusmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries166,825EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum positive — subsidiary protectionmigr_asydcfsta · 28 countries72,535EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum first-instance decisions (total)migr_asydcfsta · 28 countries832,625EU-27 · 2025
- Asylum applicants by type - monthly datatps00189 · 28 countries60,730EU-27 · 2026
- Asylum applicants by type - annual aggregated datatps00191 · 28 countries797,760EU-27 · 2025
- First instance decisions on asylum applications by type of decision - annual aggregated datatps00192 · 28 countries832,360EU-27 · 2025
- Final decisions on asylum applications by type of decision - annual datatps00193 · 28 countries186,080EU-27 · 2024
- Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors - annual datatps00194 · 27 countries33,160EU-27 · 2024
Residence permits
7 indicators- First residence permits — educationmigr_resfirst · 28 countries549,458EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — workmigr_resfirst · 28 countries1,115,986EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — familymigr_resfirst · 28 countries950,422EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits — othermigr_resfirst · 28 countries888,784EU-27 · 2024
- First residence permits issued (total)migr_resfirst · 28 countries3,504,650EU-27 · 2024
- First permits by reasontps00170 · 28 countries3,504,650EU-27 · 2024
- All valid permits by reason on 31 December of each yeartps00171 · 28 countries26,554,930EU-27 · 2024
Returns
2 indicatorsCitizenship & population
2 indicatorsRelated topics
Sources & methodology
Data on this page comes from Eurostat (26 indicators), fetched from the official dissemination API. Ranking snapshots use the most recent year with at least 18 covered member states; smaller samples are flagged. See methodology for the full ranking rules and data caveats.
Last refreshed: 2026-05-18 · Source: Eurostat dissemination API