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Latest Asylum Trends

January 2024

Overview

 

Key findings

1. In January 2024, the EU+ received 94,000 asylum applications, down from the peaks of last autumn and almost exactly in line with the same month a year earlier.

 

 

2. Syrians continued to lodge by far the most applications in January 2024, representing 15% of all applications lodged in the EU+.

 

 

 

3. Most of the main citizenships lodged fewer applications than in recent months, likely attributed to winter weather..

 

 

 

4.   Following increased arrivals in the Canary Islands, in January 2024 Senegalese nationals lodged three times as many applications as a year previously, mostly in Spain..

5. There were more cases pending at first instance (860,000 at the end of November 2023) than at any other point since 2016, amid the refugee crisis of 2015-16.  

6.  At the end of January 2024, there were about 4.4 million beneficiaries of temporary protection in the EU+ who fled Ukraine following Russia’s full-scale invasion. Notably, Czechia hosted the most beneficiaries per capita, followed by Estonia, Bulgaria, Lithuania and Poland..

Applications

Trends

 

Almost continually since August 2022, the EU+ countries (EU member states plus Norway and Switzerland) have been receiving more than 80,000 asylum applications per month, marking at that time a significant increase that had not been observed for many years. By September 2023, this figure escalated even further to more than 100,000 applications, a level reminiscent of the refugee crisis of 2015-16. This intensification peaked in October 2023 with 123,000 applications lodged, while the year finished with 1.1 million applications lodged in the EU+.  In January 2024, there were 94,000 asylum applications, the second highest January on record, with numbers expected to increase once the winter weather passes.

Moreover, the true scope of the challenge extends beyond the high level of asylum applications because approximately 4.4 million displaced persons from Ukraine are also benefitting from Temporary Protection, thereby adding a significant layer to the overall count of individuals arriving in the EU+ with protection needs.

These concurrent trends - the surge in asylum applications and the influx of displaced persons from Ukraine - are exerting immense strain on the EU+ asylum and reception systems. National authorities are being pushed to their limits in their efforts to accommodate and safeguard those in need.

In January 2024, Syrians, consistently at the forefront of asylum applications in the EU+, submitted 14,000 applications, down by a significant margin compared to the seven-year peak of October 2023. For more information, read the latest EUAA reports on Syria and its Security situation. Afghans remained the second largest nationality group despite lodging 28% fewer applications (8,600) in January 2024 compared to a year previously. Read an EUAA report on the general security and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan, as well as on the targeting of certain individuals. In the autumn of 2023, Turkish nationals sought protection in the EU+ in unprecedented numbers but this trend declined in December 2023 and in January 2024. With 7,400 applications Turks were still ranked third among all citizenships.

These three nationalities share several commonalities. In 2023, they were the most frequently detected nationalities illegally crossing the EU external border via the Western Balkan route. Also, Germany continued to be the primary destination for these three nationalities, with more than half of all Syrian applications, two-thirds of all Turkish applications, and two-fifths of Afghan applications being lodged there in January 2024. This trend underscores Germany’s role as a key destination within the EU+.

Statelessness is defined differently among EU+ countries (read EUAA Asylum report) which can impact data quality and situational awareness. Despite these challenges, it has become clear that more Palestinians are lodging asylum applications in the EU+. In January 2024, the number of applications fell from recent peaks to 1,200 but this is still up by 62% compared to the same month in 2023. The majority of these were first-time applications, implying that most applicants had recently arrived in the EU+. However, the available data does not offer detailed insights into their specific circumstances. It is noteworthy that the surge in applications took place almost exclusively in Greece, where repeated applications were extremely rare.

In a trend seemingly detached from irregular migration, there persists a high volume of asylum applications from Venezuelans and Colombians, and to a lesser extent, Peruvians. These Latin American nationals, who enjoy visa-free access to the Schengen area, continued to submit significant numbers of applications in January 2024: 6,300 from Venezuela, 5,000 from Colombia, and 2,000 from Peru. While these figures represented a slight decrease from recent peaks, they were markedly higher compared to the same month in 2023 (+31%, +15%, and +47%, respectively). The vast majority of these applications were lodged in Spain, accounting for 83% of Venezuelan applications and 80% of Colombian applications in January 2024, plus nearly all were first-time applications, suggesting that the applicants were newly arrived in the EU+. For more information, read EUAA Country Focus reports on Venezuela and Peru. In response to challenges linked to visa-free travel, particularly the high numbers of unfounded asylum applications, the Commission adopted a proposal in October 2023 to strengthen the visa suspension mechanism.

In late 2023 and in January 2024, Senegalese nationals became a main nationality applying for asylum in the EU+ due to many more applications being lodged in Spain.  In fact, in January 2024 Senegalese nationals lodged 1,300 applications, which is three times as many as a year previously. This follows reports from Frontex showing that in 2023, Senegalese were the most detected nationality on the West African route to the Spanish Canary Islands and more recent reports suggesting that in early 2024, West African arrivals to the Canary Islands increased ten-fold compared to a year earlier.

 

Main citizenships

 

 

To eliminate month-to-month fluctuations, the above chart offers a comprehensive overview of the asylum application trends of the top 20 nationalities in January 2024, over the last 12 months (yellow) in comparison to the preceding 12 months (blue). Syrians and Afghans lodged the most applications for asylum during both these time periods. However, Syrian applications saw a considerable increase (+33%), whereas Afghans applications declined by 16%.

Most citizenships in the chart exhibited an upward change in their application numbers, which is to some extent a statistical artefact because nationalities with declining trends are more likely to fall out of the top 20, while those with increasing trends tend to rise into the ranking. Nevertheless, it is notable that Ivorians lodged twice as many applications in the 12 months leading up to January 2024, and Guineans, Peruvians and Turks all lodged applications that increased by more than 70%.

In contrast, among these top citizenships, in addition to Afghans, only Ukrainians (many of whom are eligible for Temporary Protection), Tunisians and Georgians, lodged substantially fewer applications in the 12 months leading up to January 2024.

Per receiving country

 

In January 2024, Germany maintained its position as the foremost destination for asylum seekers in the EU+, receiving 28,000 applications or 30% of all applications lodged in the EU+. Remarkably, Germany alone received more applications than the next two receiving countries combined: France and Spain each with 15% of all applications (14,000 apiece). Italy also featured prominently in the asylum landscape with 13,000 applications which represented a non-trivial 14% of all applications in the EU+. It is worth noting that these four countries collectively received very nearly three-quarters of all applications lodged in the EU+ during this period, and that applications in Italy were up by 52% compared to a year previously in January 2023.

Certain citizenships tend to lodge the vast majority of their applications in a single EU+ country. In January 2024, these included Venezuelans and Colombians who both lodged around 80% of all their applications in Spain; Bangladeshis who lodged three-quarters of their applications in Italy; Senegalese who lodged two-thirds of their applications in Spain, and Turks who lodged two-thirds of their applications in Germany.

 

Per capita

 

Evaluating which EU+ countries tend to receive the most applications for asylum is important but to some extent a simple like-for-like comparison is not appropriate because the EU+ countries vary wildly in terms of the size and capacity of their asylum and reception systems. As a rough measure of their overall capacity and a more nuanced estimation of the pressure exerted on national authorities, this chart illustrates the number of asylum applications lodged per million inhabitants (Eurostat population data).

In January 2024, Cyprus, with a small population size of around 921,000, received just below 1,000 asylum applications. This amounts to a rate of 1,060 applications per million population, or 1 application for every 943 inhabitants. In contrast, Germany reported many more applications for asylum (circa 28,000); however, given its larger population of 84 million, the German rate is lower at 335 applications per million inhabitants, or 1 application per 3,000 inhabitants. Belgium and Luxembourg, while receiving very different numbers of applications per se (3,100 and just 173, respectively) actually received very similar numbers of applications per capita: each at around 260 applications per million population.

Taking the whole EU+ into consideration: its population of 463 million and estimated 95,000 asylum applications received in January 2024, converts into 200 applications per million population, or about 1 application for every 5,000 persons.

Uniquely among EU+ countries, Hungary received fewer than 5 applications for asylum in January 2024, probably because since 2020 applicants are required to submit a declaration of intent at a Hungarian embassy in a non-EU country before they can enter the country and apply for international protection. Read more in the EUAA Asylum Report 2021.

In addition to asylum applications, as of the end of January 2024, there were also 4.4 million persons benefiting from temporary protection in the EU+. This protection is based on a 2001 Directive which was triggered for the first time in response to the Russian invasion of Ukraine in 2022 with the aim of offering quick and effective assistance to people displaced to the EU+. At the end of January 2024, half of all beneficiaries of temporary protection were either in Germany (1.3 million) or Poland (1 million). For context and to allow comparisons with the inflow of asylum applications, the chart above can also be used to illustrate the number of beneficiaries of temporary protection per capita being hosted in each EU+ country. In Czechia, there were about 34,000 beneficiaries per million inhabitants, which amounts to one beneficiary for every 30 inhabitants, followed by Bulgaria, Estonia, Lithuania and Poland (all at approximately 26,000 beneficiaries per million, or 1 beneficiary for every 38 inhabitants).

 

 

Recognition Rates

First instance

Time series per citizenship

 

Over the last year, the recognition rate, which reflects the percentage of asylum applications that receive decisions granting refugee status and subsidiary protection, fluctuated around 45%. In September 2023, this rate increased to 46%, which was the highest rate recorded for more than three years. This upward trend continued into the following month, with the rate climbing further to 49% in October. In November and December 2023, the recognition was stable at 48% and probably remained similar in January 2024 although a complete picture is not possible due to missing data.

 

It is worth noting that recognition rates for most of the main citizenships differ wildly from each other but tend to remain relatively steady over time. For example, in November and December 2023, Bangladeshis continued to have a recognition rate of around 7% which in line with long term trends months. However, there are recent exceptions, such as Iraqis for whom the recognition rate has peaked twice over the last two years fluctuating between 25% and 60%, and Ukrainians for whom the recognition rate jumped from around 15% prior to Russia’s full-scale invasion, to more than 90% thereafter. However, by far the most significant changes in recent times took place for:

 

  • Turks - the recognition has been in steady decline over the last two years from 52% in December 2021 to just 18% in January 2024.
  • Syrians – the recognition rate has been above 90% almost consistently for the last two years and in January 2024 it remained stable at 94%. However, over the same period there has been a trend favouring decisions granting subsidiary protection over refugee status, with refugee status falling from just under 50% of all decisions at the beginning of 2022 to 26% in January 2024.

Read EUAA Country Guidance on Syria, Syria - Country Focus and the following EUAA COI reports Security situation, Targeting of individuals, Socio-economic situation and Major human rights, security and humanitarian developments

  • Afghans – In the aftermath of the Taliban takeover in autumn 2021, the recognition rate for Afghans jumped from its usual value of just above 50% to more than 90%, before gradually returning to its former level. Adding to the complexity, there has been another increase to more than 60% since April 2023.  

Read EUAA Country Guidance on Afghanistan, Afghanistan - Country Focus and the following EUAA COI reports from 2022 Targeting of Individuals, Security Situation, Key socio-economic indicators and Major legislative, security-related, and humanitarian developments

 

Across receiving countries

 

The aim of EUAA’s work is to foster a harmonised implementation of the Common European Asylum System across the EU so as to reach a situation where an application for international protection would receive the same decision, no matter where it was lodged. Recognition rates, the percentage of asylum applications that receive decisions granting refugee status or subsidiary protection, are sometimes cited as an indicator of the level of such harmonisation between EU+ countries.

It is important to recognise that several objective factors may lead to variations in recognition rates. The complexity of an asylum application and its examination cannot be reduced to a single measure such as the nationality of the applicant. Differences in the underlying profile of the applicant, national jurisprudence and national policies, and the application of certain legal concepts also come into play and can result in different recognition rates (Read Asylum Report - National policies on specific profiles and nationalities). Irrespective of underlying causes, the chart presented here illustrates recognition rates across the EU+ for various citizenships. In each column, individual circles of the same colour represent different issuing countries, with the size of each circle reflecting the number of decisions issued, and their placement on the vertical axis indicating the corresponding recognition rate—namely, the percentage of decisions that granted refugee status or subsidiary protection.

Between November 2023 and January 2024, the EU+ recognition rate for Afghans stood at 65% but as the chart shows, there was much variation between receiving countries (leftmost column of black circles). Most decisions were issued by Germany (the biggest circle, labelled) where the Nov-Jan recognition rate stood at 46%. However, it is important to note that Germany also issued many decisions to Afghans granting a national form of protection (44% of all first instance decisions, not shown). France also issued many decisions to Afghans with a Nov-Jan recognition rate of 67%, while Switzerland issued 97% positive decisions to Afghans, compared to Belgium with 36%. Read EUAA Country Guidance on Afghanistan and EUAA Country Focus on Afghanistan.

In contrast, the recognition rate for Syrians exhibited a much higher degree of consistency among receiving countries. Among the countries issuing the most decisions for Syrians, Bulgaria had a recognition rate of 98%, Austria 97%, Germany 96% and the Netherlands 95%. Notwithstanding the 70% recognition rate for Syrians in Greece, this similarity in recognition rates suggests a more consistent assessment of protection needs among Syrians across these EU+ countries.

 

Pending Cases

First instance

 

While an application is awaiting a first instance decision, it is part of the caseload of applications under examination by the asylum authorities, or so-called first instance pending cases. The number of pending cases serves as a key indicator that reflects the workload faced by national authorities and the strain on national asylum systems, including reception systems. As of the end of January 2024, some 690,000 cases were awaiting a first instance decision, but this is an underestimation due to some incomplete data. A more realistic estimate comes from a month previously, when at the end of December 2023 there were 882,000 cases pending, which is up by 39% compared to a year previously and is more than at any other point since 2016 amid the refugee crisis of 2015-16.

 

In general, citizenships lodging the most applications tend to have the most cases awaiting decisions. For example, in January 2024, Syrians, Turks and Afghans had the largest share of first instance pending cases (120,000, 85,000 and 70,000, respectively). This situation was particularly pronounced for Syrians, with a 33% increase compared to January 2023, and for Turks, whose first instance caseload more than doubled compared to a year earlier. These increases were apparent despite some missing data for January 2024.

 

Over the past year, several nationalities have seen their pending cases more than double. This trend was especially evident for Turks primarily in Germany, and Egyptians primarily in Italy. At a lower level, pending cases have also doubled for Guineans and Ivorians, with most of the increase taking place in Italy and to a lesser extent also in France.

 

Context: EU+ asylum authorities are under pressure to increase their decision making, and do so often with the operational support of the EUAA. Despite these efforts, decision making has not kept pace with the number of applications being lodged. As a consequence, we estimate that the total number of cases awaiting a decision at the end of December 2023 (including those in appeal or review) increased to around 1.2 million (Eurostat - missing data estimated). Within this total, we conclude that three quarters (76% or 882,000) of cases were pending at first instance, while the remaining quarter (24% or 283,000) were awaiting decisions at second or higher instances.

Research

 

The Survey of Asylum-related Migrants (SAM) is a multi-country project designed to collect testimonies directly from people seeking international protection across the EU+. Based on the premise that digital literacy is increasingly prevalent, the project uses online, self-administered surveys that can be completed on smartphones and offers the possibility to survey large numbers of migrants at the same time. The primary objective of SAM is to establish a permanent system of collecting standardised, reliable, and comparable data on relevant topics, such as push and pull factors, travel histories and migrants’ future aspirations. Understanding these drivers both facilitates general preparedness to deal with a high number of arrivals but also to better inform policymakers.

On 11 April 2022, the EUAA launched the Survey of Arriving Migrants for Displaced People from Ukraine, with the support of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD). The questionnaire was updated in February 2023 to include additional topics. Demographics of the responses since February 2023, as of 5 January 2024, are shown below but for more detailed information read the latest EUAA Employment and Education factsheet.

The survey is ongoing and accessible in Ukrainian, Russian and English at: https://tellusyourstorysurvey.eu/.

 

 

Number Of Respondents 6716

For more information on SAM and on other projects related to displacement from Ukraine, access the following reports:

2023 temporary protection year in review

Providing Temporary Protection to Displaced Persons from Ukraine

The report covers national developments in the implementation of the Temporary Protection Directive, from crisis measures to changing legislation and practices.

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This Employment and Education factsheet provides information from the updated SAM - UKR survey on reception and registration for displaced persons from Ukraine.

Surveys of Arriving Migrants from Ukraine

This Employment and Education factsheet provides information from the updated SAM - UKR survey on reception and registration for displaced persons from Ukraine.
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2022_11_09_Forced_Displacement_Ukraine_Joint_Report_EUAA_IOM_OECD.pdf.pdf

Forced displacement from and within Ukraine

This report brings together the results of desk research and survey projects carried out by the EUAA, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) and the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) to detail forced displacement from and within Ukraine.
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Migration Research Series - Cover

Challenges and opportunities in rapid situational awareness of Ukrainian displacement to the European Union: Some methodological insights

This Migration Research Series paper highlights four research projects employed by the EUAA that seek to understand displacement from Ukraine to the European Union.

Cover of the Report Voices in Europe: Experiences, hopes, and aspirations of forcibly displaced persons from Ukraine

Voices Europe experiences hopes and aspirations forcibly displaced persons Ukraine Executive Summary

This report highlights the prevailing themes emerging from forced displacement, drawn from the personal testimonies of over 1,500 respondents participating in the ongoing Survey of Arriving Migrants from Ukraine.

 
Data Tables

By EU+ country

*Blank fields are indicative of EU+ countries not reporting on certain indicators

**Low values are rounded to the nearest 5

By country of origin

 

National statistics and EUAA data

Country code EU+ country Authority Disclaimer
AT Austria Federal Ministry of the Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
BE Belgium Office of the Commissioner-General for Refugees and Stateless Persons (CGRS)
  1. On the national website of the CGRS, decisions issued after the initial decision was annulled by the appeal board are included as first instance decisions (as they can be appealed again). These decisions are not included as first instance decisions by EUAA. 
  2. Applications and decisions made in the framework of resettlement are included on the website of the CGRS. 
  3. The protection rate on the website of the CGRS is a calculation based on the number of files (cases including accompanied children) and not individual persons.
  4. The official national data on applications for international protection are also published on the website of Immigration Office (International protection | IBZ) and Eurostat (where there is a separate dataset for applications in the framework of resettlement)
  5. Data provided to the EUAA are operational data provided to EUAA within short timeframes, and there might be minor differences with the final validated data. 
BG Bulgaria State Agency for Refugees No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions.
CH Switzerland State Secretariat for Migration No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
CY Cyprus Asylum Service, Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
CZ Czechia Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
DE Germany Federal Office for Migration and Refugees (BAMF) National and EUAA data should be aligned for all indicators, but there may be differences for some breakdowns. Relocated applicants aren't considered in national statistics. In national statistics withdrawn applications are included in otherwise closed cases ("sonstige Verfahrenserledigungen"). Some first-instance decisions that in EUAA statistics are considered as negative decisions, in national statistics are classified as otherwise closed cases.
DK Denmark

Ministry of Immigration and Integration

The Danish Return Agency

The main causes to differences between national statistics and EUAA EPS data is the group of cases included in the statistics. For example, national statistics for asylum includes both first- and final-instance determinations and both applications, determinations in appeal, reopened cases and determinations in review.
EE Estonia European Police and Border Guard Board (in Estonian only) In general, the data should not differ, there may be cases where the data is corrected afterwards. The small difference with Eurostat data is due to the fact that Eurostat rounds the data. 
ES Spain Ministry of Interior
  1. National indicators are disaggregated by sex, citizenship and age group but there are no breakdowns for first versus subsequent applications, accompanied and unaccompanied minors or to identify decisions based on Dublin closures or relocations. 
  2. The national indicator on pending cases does not contain breakdowns for the duration of pending plus it only includes applications that have passed the admission phase so national totals are likely to be lower than the EPS indicator on pending cases. 
  3. The national indicator on withdrawn applications does not have a breakdown for explicit versus implicit withdrawals.
  4. The national indicator on 1st instance decisions does not have a breakdown for the duration of procedure.
  5. There is no national indicator on otherwise closed cases.
  6. National indicators include other information beyond the scope of the EPS indicators, such as provinces and and type of locations where applicants lodged their applications and main recognition rates.
FI Finland Immigration Service No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
FR France

Ministry of Interior

No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
FR France French Office for the Protection of Refugees and Stateless Persons No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
GR Greece Asylum Service No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
HR Croatia Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
HU Hungary National Directorate-General for Aliens Policing No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
IE Ireland International Protection Office No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
IT Italy Department of Civil Liberties and Immigration, Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
LT Lithuania Migration Department, Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
LU Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs National indicators do not include children born on the Luxembourgish territory during the asylum procedure of its parents, while those children are included in the EUAA statistics. Another reason for differences can be adjustments of the data that are carried out retrospectively on the provisional data provided to EUAA.
LV Latvia Office of Citizenship and Migration Affairs No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
MT Malta International Protection Agency No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
NL Netherlands Immigration and Naturalisation Service (IND) No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
NO Norway Directorate for Immigration (in Norwegian only)

Applications: National indicators are based on the date of making the applications. The revised numbers for 2022  count persons strictly. So if one person applied for both international protection and TPD only one is counted. The pseudo-algorithm for withdrawals are disregarded compared to other statuses. If a person have multiple TPDs only, the first one is counted. The same for multiple applications for international protection.

Decisions issued: National indicators are based on the most recent decision at first instance before the case is transferred to second/final instance. For example, if a person receives a decision of implicit withdrawal and then re-appears, and receives another decision this decision will be reported in the statistics. We use the same logic to Eurostat, but the first deicion is reports to EUAA."

PL Poland Office for Foreigners

No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 

PT Portugal Immigration and Borders Service No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 

 

RO Romania General Inspectorate for Immigration No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
SE Sweden Migration Agency

No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 

SI Slovenia Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 
SK Slovakia Ministry of Interior No major differences are expected between national and EUAA data. If discrepancies occur, they could be the result of differences in the timing of data extraction, the scope of data definitions, collection methodologies and/or retrospective revisions. 

 

Definitions

Asylum applications include all persons who have lodged or have been included in an application for international protection as a family member in the reporting country during the reporting month.

EU+ refers to the 27 European Union Member States, plus Norway and Switzerland.

First instance decisions include all persons covered by decisions issued on granting EU-regulated international protection status (refugee or subsidiary protection) following a first time or repeated application for international protection in the first instance determination process.

Stock of pending cases includes all cases for which an asylum application has been lodged and are under consideration by the national authority responsible for the first instance determination of the application for international protection (until the first instance decision has been issued) at the end of the reference period (i.e. last day of the reference month). It refers to the “stock” of applications for which decisions at first instance are still pending.

The EU+ recognition rate includes EU-regulated forms of protection (refugee status and subsidiary protection) and excludes national protection forms (humanitarian reasons). It is calculated by dividing the number of positive first instance decisions (granting refugee status or subsidiary protection) by the total number of decisions issued