Population and social conditions
Data in focus 3/2014
Author: Alexandros BITOULAS
Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: 2013 Large increase to almost 435 000 asylum applicants registered in the EU-28 in 2013, nearly 100 000 more compared to 2012; largest group from Syria Figure 1: Asylum applicants, EU-28, January 2012 – December 2013 50 000
45 000
40 000
35 000
30 000
25 000
20 000
15 000 Jan.
Feb.
Mar.
Apr.
May
Jun. 2012
Jul.
Aug.
Sep.
Oct.
Nov.
Dec.
2013
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Figure 2: Pending asylum applications on 31st of December 2013 (1) DE EL FR SE UK AT CH BE IT BG 20 000
40 000
60 000
80 000
100 000
120 000
140 000
Pending asylum applications 1
( ) Countries selected here are those with the highest number of pending applications; data for CY, NL and RO are not available, for PL November 2013 data are used Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asypenctzm)
With 50 000 more asylum applicants, Germany accounts for half of the overall increase of applicants in the EU in 2013 compared to last year. Figure 3: Asylum applicants, absolute change between 2012 and 2013 100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
NO
LI
IS
CH
DE
HR
IT
HU
SE
PL
BG
NL
FR
ES
DK
PT
UK
FI
MT
AT
EE
SI
LV
IE
LT
CZ
SK
LU
CY
EL
RO
EU28 *
BE
-20 000
Absolute change
* Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data; HR cannot be calculated due to missing 2012 data for Croatia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Hungary and Bulgaria have seen a huge increase in asylum applicants in 2013, 9 and 5 times more respectively compared to 2012 Figure 4: Asylum applicants, relative change between 2012 and 2013, % 900 800 700 600 500 400 300 200 100 0
NO
IS
LI
CH
HR
HU
BG
PT
ES
DE
IT
PL
NL
EE
SE
DK
MT
FR
UK
FI
AT
IE
CZ
LV
SI
EL
BE
CY
LT
SK
RO
LU
EU28 *
-100
Relative change
* Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data; HR cannot be calculated due to missing 2012 data for Croatia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
2
3/2014 — Data in focus
Syrians, Russians and Kosovars account for half of the overall increase of asylum applicants in the EU-28 in 2013 Figure 5: Asylum applicants by citizenship, EU-28 (*), absolute change between 2012 and 2013 100 000
80 000
60 000
40 000
20 000
SY
XK
RU
ER
Stateless
ML
SO
AL
NG
RS
BD
EG
DZ
GM
MA
BA
MK
PK
SD
GN
IN
CN
CD
AM
IR
TR
LK
IQ
GE
AF
Non-EU
-20 000
Absolute change
(*) Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Number of applicants from Mali and Stateless nearly tripled, while from Gambia, Eritrea and Syria doubled in the EU-28 in 2013 compared to 2012 Figure 6: Asylum applicants by citizenship, EU-28 (*), relative change between 2012 and 2013, % 200
150
100
50
ML
Stateless
GM
SY
ER
XK
EG
RU
MA
NG
AL
BD
DZ
BA
SO
SD
RS
MK
PK
GN
CN
IN
CD
AM
IR
AF
TR
LK
IQ
GE
Non-EU
- 50
Relative change
(*) Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Data in focus — 3/2014
3
4
1 255
240
6 285
Greece
Spain
France
3/2014 — Data in focus
2 385
Switzerland
:
2 360
870
10
10
2 840
4 560
335
65
30
95
25
1 110
1 530
1 155
335
260
120
60
15
140
2 005
5 185
255
1 030
70
0
10 140
640
55
205
2 210
34 465
34 465
Nov.
:
1 580
855
5
5
2 330
4 085
235
50
50
60
20
1 120
1 245
1 115
60
220
70
75
15
90
1 285
5 775
170
850
75
5
5 575
595
60
260
2 055
27 545
27 545
Dec.
:
Jan.
1 785
2 120
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
685
5
10
2 330
2 960
235
35
20
95
25
850
1 185
1 225
20
670
70
35
5
140
1 255
145
5 410
445
705
85
10
6 800
545
50
230
1 815
27 240
27 385
Feb.
Q1 2013
990
15
15
2 455
3 790
265
30
55
120
25
740
1 210
1 625
25
300
80
40
5
100
1 720
165
4 910
280
755
80
10
8 370
745
70
250
2 225
30 280
30 450
( 1) EU aggregates and other indicators are based on available data ( 2) Relative to population as of 1st of January 2013 : data are not available
1 000
10
Liechtenstein
Norway
10
2 920
United Kingdom
Iceland
310
5 490
80
Slovakia
Sweden
35
Slovenia
Finland
10
160
1 365
Poland
Romania
2 120
Austria
Portugal
1 360
Netherlands
40
320
Malta
165
40
Lithuania
Hungary
15
Latvia
Luxembourg
155
Cyprus
Italy
2 180
105
Ireland
Croatia
5
12 470
Germany
Estonia
610
Denmark
85
195
Czech Republic
2 715
Bulgaria
40 725
EU-27
Belgium
40 725
EU-28 (1)
Oct.
Q4 2012
1 820
830
0
10
2 370
2 960
245
30
30
120
25
1 395
1 195
1 200
75
1 350
75
25
15
80
1 935
170
5 650
435
610
65
5
6 500
575
65
425
1 835
29 280
29 450
Mar.
2 050
810
5
15
2 505
3 045
250
35
25
130
70
2 015
1 405
1 260
165
1 965
90
20
20
75
1 845
105
5 820
405
745
90
10
8 735
535
45
265
1 730
33 305
33 405
Apr.
1 640
760
5
10
2 440
3 080
235
55
35
135
25
3 010
1 445
1 135
125
3 335
80
30
15
95
1 825
95
4 955
445
595
80
15
8 580
475
60
280
1 670
34 260
34 355
May
Q2 2013
1 540
910
0
5
2 455
2 975
240
50
20
105
35
2 390
1 800
1 270
55
4 115
90
30
10
70
2 325
40
5 470
450
535
75
0
9 730
500
45
430
1 630
36 890
36 925
Jun.
1 800
1 255
5
10
2 760
4 120
260
30
15
185
40
1 595
1 800
1 445
435
2 190
105
35
35
70
2 575
45
6 020
430
775
70
10
11 365
610
60
440
1 860
39 350
39 395
Jul.
1 530
1 620
10
10
2 375
4 800
325
50
20
95
30
975
1 355
1 300
740
1 140
75
55
30
105
2 610
50
4 855
300
610
65
0
11 545
670
90
695
1 725
36 630
36 675
Aug.
Q3 2013
1 470
1 365
5
15
2 595
7 770
340
20
20
185
55
815
1 345
1 665
290
1 075
120
20
25
120
2 690
80
4 795
350
675
80
5
14 030
645
45
960
1 955
42 695
42 775
Sep.
1 830
1 095
5
15
2 840
7 910
280
40
20
135
45
625
1 695
1 830
115
785
125
40
15
140
3 485
95
6 240
355
835
80
5
15 625
710
60
1 255
1 760
47 050
47 145
Oct.
1 950
855
0
10
2 540
5 530
280
40
5
110
30
445
1 550
1 690
130
935
100
35
10
145
3 260
55
5 220
315
760
80
15
14 425
635
45
1 260
1 445
41 030
41 090
Nov.
Q4 2013
1 770
760
0
10
2 210
5 325
255
30
10
80
105
295
1 520
1 515
65
1 035
60
40
10
120
2 405
35
5 415
270
630
70
5
11 005
520
60
650
1 375
35 075
35 110
Dec.
Table 1: Asylum applicants (including new asylum applicants), Q4 2012 – Q4 2013
5 545
2 710
5
30
7 590
18 765
815
105
35
325
180
1 360
4 765
5 035
310
2 755
285
110
35
405
9 150
185
16 880
935
2 220
230
25
41 050
1 865
165
3 165
4 585
123 155
123 340
15
-36
-71
3
-2
12
-12
6
-39
-29
48
-60
6
14
-79
-37
-5
2
-62
36
16
8
8
-14
8
7
15
11
-3
-15
51
-17
3.8
3.8
-12
-1
-77
28
-6
33
-8
-45
-70
4
253
-62
-3
39
-28
245
-20
-37
-19
5
67
-2
40
-29
-8
156
46
1
-18
384
-34
20
between Q4 2012 and Q4 2013
Change in % between Q4 2013 Q3 2013 and Q4 2013
:
:
690
535
135
100
120
1 965
150
20
15
15
15
35
565
300
740
280
535
40
15
465
155
45
255
20
200
50
15
510
335
15
435
410
245
245
Applicants per million inhabitants (2) Q4 2013
21 305
11 930
55
125
29 875
54 270
3 210
440
270
1 495
500
15 150
17 500
17 160
2 245
18 895
1 070
400
195
1 255
27 930
1 075
64 760
4 485
8 225
920
95
126 705
7 170
695
7 145
21 030
433 085
434 160
2013
Sweden by far the country with the highest number of asylum applicants per million inhabitants in 2013, almost 2 000 per million inhabitant
Data in focus — 3/2014
535
315
475
645
540
320
185
600
490
200
245
Guinea - (GN)
Unknown - (UNK)
Algeria - (DZ)
Sri Lanka - (LK)
Armenia - (AM)
Mali - (ML)
Gambia - (GM)
Turkey - (TR)
China - (CN)
Senegal - (SN)
Sudan - (SD)
4 640
210
185
420
595
200
340
495
620
375
275
555
210
585
590
910
1 015
1 155
1 500
720
890
1 185
435
925
2 110
1 485
2 745
995
2 440
2 345
3 300
34 465
Nov.
4 160
210
175
395
495
125
255
480
550
330
225
455
185
645
540
860
355
850
1 090
610
740
1 085
395
345
1 550
1 260
2 785
580
2 070
1 060
2 700
27 545
Dec.
4 560
260
175
410
525
215
440
495
535
480
330
505
210
560
560
835
390
1 165
1 385
740
660
1 075
420
395
1 485
1 420
2 665
735
2 225
1 230
3 375
30 450
Jan.
4 330
200
130
375
605
150
625
470
590
550
245
495
240
675
550
730
290
820
955
705
735
1 100
310
445
1 350
930
2 610
520
1 900
1 175
2 575
27 385
Feb.
Q1 2013
4 580
240
155
430
555
180
780
405
585
680
260
575
220
720
550
755
280
825
930
885
835
1 160
295
445
1 515
1 205
3 190
635
1 925
1 005
2 650
29 450
Mar.
4 510
225
160
470
490
220
630
465
635
705
245
535
225
725
820
740
290
860
1 250
870
905
1 840
360
580
1 995
1 445
4 915
500
1 965
1 150
2 685
33 405
Apr.
4 320
220
155
415
530
215
520
400
455
700
270
445
345
590
850
545
365
730
1 055
795
900
2 710
335
570
1 900
1 285
6 390
505
2 135
990
2 720
34 355
May
Q2 2013
4 640
290
215
425
430
290
600
405
585
755
275
500
340
625
990
775
355
770
975
885
765
3 610
435
760
2 105
1 675
5 580
540
2 115
1 235
2 985
36 925
Jun.
5 235
245
330
505
415
375
645
395
620
640
345
570
470
705
940
845
600
1 025
1 055
995
915
2 255
660
945
2 245
1 890
4 295
1 385
2 260
1 965
3 615
39 395
Jul.
4 680
265
225
455
335
340
545
360
465
555
350
540
795
620
700
755
555
920
960
1 070
705
1 355
1 030
1 140
1 840
1 790
3 250
1 860
1 910
2 250
4 055
36 675
Aug.
Q3 2013
5
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Sep.
4 895
270
310
430
450
285
535
395
400
535
505
540
720
610
815
750
1 135
1 065
1 040
1 170
960
1 435
2 000
1 785
1 700
1 950
2 745
1 950
2 125
2 755
6 520
42 775
(*) Aggregates and other indicators are based on available data ( 1) Countries selected here are those w ith the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q4 2013; Kosovo - see methodological notes; CD - Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK - the former Yugoslav republic of Macedonia; BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina
5 300
245
Egypt - (EG)
Other
845
1 270
Georgia - (GE)
595
1 120
BA - (BA)
CD - (CD)
1 365
Iraq - (IQ)
Bangladesh - (BD)
1 565
845
Iran - (IR)
865
495
Stateless
Nigeria - (NG)
2 145
MK - (MK)
Albania - (AL)
2 115
Pakistan - (PK)
1 400
1 330
Somalia - (SO)
Kosovo - (XK)
2 770
Russia - (RU)
2 900
Afghanistan - (AF)
860
4 775
Serbia - (RS)
Eritrea - (ER)
3 380
40 725
Syria - (SY)
Non-EU
Oct.
Q4 2012
5 315
335
435
460
465
470
570
560
580
580
850
635
1 010
820
920
910
1 140
1 225
1 345
1 550
1 280
1 295
2 170
1 620
1 740
1 820
2 220
2 175
2 420
2 885
7 350
47 145
Oct.
5 020
360
455
415
395
520
380
445
435
510
465
530
605
720
690
755
1 025
980
990
1 025
1 170
1 185
890
1 490
1 595
1 825
1 835
2 185
2 555
2 955
6 680
41 090
Nov.
Q4 2013
4 300
325
250
400
420
330
385
410
445
395
330
525
330
720
735
705
690
805
850
930
1 190
1 160
685
895
1 415
1 415
1 580
1 680
2 750
2 790
5 265
35 110
Dec.
14 630
1 025
1 140
1 275
1 280
1 320
1 335
1 415
1 460
1 485
1 645
1 690
1 945
2 265
2 345
2 365
2 855
3 015
3 180
3 505
3 635
3 640
3 750
4 000
4 745
5 065
5 635
6 040
7 730
8 630
19 295
123 340
Q4 2013
-11
32
32
-8
6
32
-23
23
-2
-14
37
2
-2
17
-5
1
24
0
4
8
41
-28
2
3
-18
-10
-45
16
23
24
36
4
betw een Q3 2013 and Q4 2013
33
54
105
-2
-24
158
46
-7
-20
26
102
10
204
9
36
-22
15
-11
-23
61
46
-1
183
17
-18
24
-32
148
4
6
106
20
betw een Q4 2012 and Q4 2013
Change in %
Table 2: Asylum applicants in the EU-28 (*) by citizenship (including new asylum applicants), Q4 2012 – Q4 2013 (1)
56 385
3 235
2 990
5 190
5 625
3 590
6 655
5 210
6 325
7 080
4 470
6 395
5 505
8 100
9 125
9 095
7 110
11 195
12 785
11 625
11 020
20 175
9 590
11 065
20 885
18 655
41 270
14 665
26 290
22 380
50 470
434 160
2013
More than 50 000 asylum applicants from Syria in 2013 in the EU-28
1 out of 4 asylum applicants in the EU-28 was aged less than 18 in 2013 while 1 out of 3 was a female Table 3: Asylum applicants by age group (1), 2013, % Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %)
Total (absolute value) 434 433 21 7
EU-28 EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland
7 126
8 4 64 1 27 1
1 18 2 17 17 15 1
3 54 29
11 21
0-13
160 085 030 145 695 170 705 95 920 225 485 760 075 930 255 195 400 070 895 245 160 500 150 500 495 270 440 210 270 875 125 55 930 305
14-17
19.6 19.6 22.5 23.9 16.6 20.3 28.4 8.3 22.8 7.1 9.2 17.8 6.3 5.5 14.9 10.4 12.0 16.6 4.2 5.0 27.2 23.9
18-34
5.9 5.9 6.7 7.8 2.3 8.4 6.3 3.1 4.1 5.5 2.6 2.9 6.2 3.1 6.6 4.1 2.5 7.7 3.1 19.3 8.9 8.7 :
35-64
50.4 50.4 48.7 50.8 42.1 48.2 45.5 60.4 49.7 69.1 63.7 53.2 73.1 79.4 58.2 54.4 61.2 52.3 79.5 67.1 41.7 49.4 :
12.0 20.7 11.4 13.4 17.0 21.2 13.2 20.0 16.7 13.5 20.5
65 and over
19.5 19.5 21.3 16.8 37.3 21.7 19.1 28.1 22.5 18.0 23.4 25.2 14.4 11.8 18.9 31.1 23.6 23.0 13.1 7.9 20.5 17.2 :
16.5 5.6 12.9 3.9 6.0 9.5 6.0 5.0 0.0 9.1 4.5
:
53.0 47.9 55.9 62.2 54.8 43.7 54.9 65.0 55.6 59.6 57.3
Unknown
0.8 0.8 0.8 0.7 1.7 1.4 0.8 0.0 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.0 0.1 0.6 0.0 0.8 0.4 0.1 0.3 1.2 0.7
0.2 0.2 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.4 0.0 :
18.1 24.6 19.9 20.3 21.1 23.9 21.8 35.0 25.9 17.2 17.3
:
0.4 1.1 0.0 0.2 0.8 1.7 1.2 0.0 1.9 0.5 0.5
0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.0 2.8 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0
1
( ) Distribution by age for EU aggregates are based on data for those countries for which data are available : Data are not available Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Figure 7: Asylum applicants by gender (1), 2013, % 100%
75%
50%
25%
Women
Men
IS
LI
CH
NO
HU
IT
HR
SI
EE
MT
LT
LV
EL
FI
ES
PT
LU
AT
RO
CZ
BG
SK
UK
DK
CY
IE
SE
FR
DE
BE
PL
NL
EU27
EU28
0% Unknown
1
( ) Data for PL are not available; EU aggregates and distribution by gender are based on available data Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
6
3/2014 — Data in focus
1 out of 2 asylum applicants from Serbia, Bosnia and Herzegovina and FYROM were minors in the EU-28 in 2013 Table 4: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-28 (*), by age group, 2013, % (1) Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %)
Total (absolute value)
0-13
434 160 50 470 41 270 26 290 22 380 20 885 20 175 18 655 14 665 12 785 11 625 11 195 11 065 11 020 9 590 9 125 9 095 8 100 7 110 7 080 6 655 6 395 6 325 5 625 5 505 5 210 5 190 4 255 3 590 3 235 3 235 56 350
Non-EU Syria - (SY) Russia - (RU) Afghanistan - (AF) Serbia - (RS) Pakistan - (PK) Kosovo - (XK) Somalia - (SO) Eritrea - (ER) Iran - (IR) Nigeria - (NG) Iraq - (IQ) MK - (MK) Albania - (AL) Stateless Bangladesh - (BD) Georgia - (GE) CD - (CD) BA - (BA) Algeria - (DZ) Mali - (ML) Guinea - (GN) Sri Lanka - (LK) Turkey - (TR) Egypt - (EG) Armenia - (AM) China - (CN) Morocco - (MA) Gambia - (GM) India - (IN) Sudan - (SD) Other
14-17
19.6 23.0 30.8 18.3 38.4 6.4 22.9 18.3 7.6 13.9 15.7 27.7 35.8 26.4 25.5 3.3 14.0 17.4 38.8 5.2 4.9 14.4 11.3 12.1 18.9 22.2 8.5 2.8 4.7 4.9 9.1 15.3
18-34
5.9 5.9 2.9 16.8 7.0 2.8 4.4 13.1 5.8 4.8 1.7 5.6 7.2 9.6 6.8 3.1 2.0 4.8 7.0 6.6 3.4 6.6 1.8 3.8 4.8 4.1 1.8 12.6 6.2 1.9 2.8 4.4
35-64
50.4 44.0 21.3 51.2 30.5 71.2 52.9 58.6 73.8 51.2 66.3 43.3 30.7 43.4 38.6 74.4 44.4 53.4 32.6 70.9 77.6 69.8 63.0 66.5 56.0 37.1 47.9 69.0 80.7 74.2 65.7 56.2
65 and over Unknown
19.5 24.4 13.6 12.1 23.5 18.2 19.3 8.7 12.2 27.8 15.6 21.0 25.9 19.8 26.5 18.4 25.4 23.4 21.0 17.1 14.1 9.1 21.4 16.8 18.8 30.4 40.7 15.5 8.0 17.7 20.9 22.4
0.8 2.0 0.5 1.3 0.6 0.7 0.4 1.0 0.3 1.2 0.0 2.1 0.4 0.7 2.1 0.1 0.5 0.9 0.5 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.4 0.4 0.7 2.3 0.5 0.0 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.6
0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.5 0.0 0.2 0.2 0.9 0.6 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.0 1.1 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.6 0.0 0.4 1.1 0.9 0.4
(*) Data for PL on distribution by age are not available for December 2013 1 ( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during 2013 in the EU-28 MK – the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Kosovo – see methodological notes; CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Figure 8: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-28, by gender, 2013, % (1) 100%
75%
50%
25%
Men
DZ
BD
MA
PK
GM
IN
ML
AF
SD
TR
LK
EG
XK
ER
SO
GN
GE
IQ
Women
SY
Stateless
IR
NG
AL
BA
MK
RS
AM
RU
CN
CD
Non-EU
0%
Unknown
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during 2013 in the EU-28 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm) Data in focus — 3/2014
7
Nearly 85 per cent of asylum applicants in Poland were Russians in 2013 Table 5: Five main citizenships of asylum applicants, 2013 (1) EU-28 Syria Russia Afghanistan Serbia Pakistan Other
# 50 470 41 270 26 290 22 380 20 885 272 870
% 12 10 6 5 5 63
# 4 510 565 435 310 255 1 070
(% ) 63 8 6 4 4 15
EU-27 Syria Russia Afghanistan Serbia Pakistan Other
# 50 275 41 255 26 105 22 375 20 835 272 240
% 12 10 6 5 5 63
CZECH REPUBLIC Ukraine Syria Russia Vietnam Armenia Other
# 145 70 50 50 40 335
(% ) 21 10 7 7 6 48
DENMARK Syria Russia Somalia Serbia Afghanistan Other
# 1 685 965 920 465 410 2 720
(% ) 23 13 13 7 6 38
# 1 360 1 225 730 580 535 3 800
(% ) 17 15 9 7 6 46
# 3 580 3 310 2 885 2 215 2 175 13 765
(% ) 13 12 10 8 8 49
# 160 145 115 75 60 515
(% ) 15 14 11 7 6 48
# 2 850 2 590 2 005 1 035 945 8 070
(% ) 16 15 11 6 5 46
# 60 35 20 20 20 115
(% ) 23 13 8 7 7 43
BELGIUM Russia Afghanistan Guinea CD Kosovo Other
# 2 150 1 675 1 610 1 540 1 270 12 785
(% ) 10 8 8 7 6 61
BULGARIA Syria Stateless Algeria Afghanistan Iraq Other
GERMANY Serbia Russia Syria MK Afghanistan Other
# 18 000 15 475 12 855 9 415 8 240 62 720
(% ) 14 12 10 7 7 50
ESTONIA Vietnam Syria Russia Georgia Pakistan Other
# 25 15 15 10 10 20
(% ) 27 18 15 9 8 23
IRELAND Nigeria Pakistan Zimbabwe Algeria CD Other
# 130 95 70 60 60 505
(% ) 14 10 8 7 6 55
GREECE Pakistan Afghanistan Bangladesh Albania Georgia Other
# 1 470 725 350 180 130 1 630
(% ) 33 16 8 4 3 36
FRANCE Kosovo CD Albania Russia Bangladesh Other
# 5 505 5 325 5 045 5 010 4 470 39 405
(% ) 8 8 8 8 7 61
CROATIA Syria Afghanistan Somalia Algeria Tunisia Other
# 195 185 135 130 70 360
(% ) 18 17 13 12 6 34
ITALY Nigeria Pakistan Somalia Eritrea Afghanistan Other
# 570 145 105 85 55 295
(% ) 45 12 8 7 4 23
LATVIA Georgia Syria Russia Egypt Afghanistan Other
# 145 15 5 5 5 15
(% ) 76 8 3 3 2 9
LITHUANIA Georgia Afghanistan Russia Vietnam Belarus Other
# 120 85 75 25 20 75
(% ) 30 22 19 7 5 18
LUXEMBOURG Kosovo BA Montenegro Albania Serbia Other
HUNGARY Kosovo Pakistan Afghanistan Algeria Syria Other
# 6 210 3 080 2 330 1 115 975 5 185
(% ) 33 16 12 6 5 27
MALTA Somalia Eritrea Syria Libya Nigeria Other
# 1 015 475 250 110 95 300
(% ) 45 21 11 5 4 13
NETHERLANDS Somalia Syria Iraq Afghanistan Iran Other
# 3 270 2 705 1 420 1 380 1 120 7 265
(% ) 19 16 8 8 7 42
AUSTRIA Russia Afghanistan Syria Pakistan Algeria Other
POLAND Russia Georgia Syria Armenia Kazakhstan Other
# 12 760 1 235 255 205 90 600
(% ) 84 8 2 1 1 4
PORTUGAL Syria Guinea Nigeria Senegal Mali Other
# 145 80 35 35 25 180
(% ) 29 16 7 7 5 35
ROMANIA Syria Iraq Pakistan Afghanistan Egypt Other
# 1 010 45 40 40 30 330
(% ) 68 3 3 3 2 22
SLOVENIA Syria Kosovo Algeria Afghanistan Pakistan Other
# 110 55 35 30 25 185
(% ) 25 13 8 7 6 42
FINLAND Iraq Russia Somalia Nigeria Afghanistan Other
# (% ) 820 25 245 8 215 7 205 6 200 6 1 530 48
SWEDEN Syria Stateless Eritrea Somalia Afghanistan Other
# 16 540 6 885 4 880 3 940 3 025 19 000
(% ) 30 13 9 7 6 35
UNITED KINGDOM Pakistan Iran Sri Lanka Syria Albania Other
# 4 645 3 055 2 280 2 040 1 615 16 240
(% ) 16 10 8 7 5 54
# (% ) 10 17 5 11 5 7 5 7 5 7 25 50
NORWAY Eritrea Somalia Syria Afghanistan Sudan Other
# 3 250 1 695 865 725 600 4 795
(% ) 27 14 7 6 5 40
SWITZERLAND Eritrea Syria Nigeria Tunisia Morocco Other
# 2 560 1 900 1 765 1 735 1 070 12 275
(% ) 12 9 8 8 5 58
SPAIN Mali Syria Algeria Nigeria Somalia Other CYPRUS Syria Egypt Bangladesh Vietnam Pakistan Other
SLOVAKIA Afghanistan Somalia Georgia Eritrea Armenia Other ICELAND Albania Russia Syria Algeria Nigeria Other
# (% ) 40 31 10 7 5 6 5 5 5 5 60 46
LIECHTENSTEIN Russia Kosovo Somalia Armenia China Other
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during 2013 in the EU-28 # Absolute number of asylum applications CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; Kosovo – see methodological notes; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
8
3/2014 — Data in focus
About 1 out of 10 asylum applicants in the EU in 2013 lodged their application in Germany Table 6: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants by destination country in the EU-28, 2013 (1)
SYRIA - (SY) Sweden Germany Bulgaria Netherlands United Kingdom Other SERBIA - (RS) Germany Sweden Belgium France Denmark Other SOMALIA - (SO) Sweden Germany Netherlands Italy Malta Other NIGERIA - (NG) Italy Germany United Kingdom France Austria Other ALBANIA - (AL) France United Kingdom Germany Sweden Belgium Other GEORGIA - (GE) France Germany Poland Sweden Greece Other ALGERIA - (DZ) France Germany Hungary Austria Bulgaria Other SRI LANKA - (LK) France United Kingdom Germany Netherlands Belgium Other ARMENIA - (AM) France Germany Belgium Sweden Austria Other GAMBIA - (GM) Italy Germany United Kingdom Sweden France Other
16 540 12 855 4 510 2 705 2 040 11 820 18 000 1 670 685 660 465 895 3 940 3 875 3 270 2 885 1 015 3 670 3 580 1 975 1 405 1 375 685 2 600 5 045 1 615 1 295 1 160 775 1 130 2 685 2 485 1 235 620 535 1 540 1 510 1 150 1 115 945 435 1 930 2 705 2 280 675 220 125 320 2 035 1 295 425 290 285 875 1 825 680 360 140 100 490
(% ) 33 25 9 5 4 23 (% ) 80 7 3 3 2 4 (% ) 21 21 18 15 5 20 (% ) 31 17 12 12 6 22 (% ) 46 15 12 11 7 10 (% ) 29 27 14 7 6 17 (% ) 21 16 16 13 6 27 (% ) 43 36 11 3 2 5 (% ) 39 25 8 6 5 17 (% ) 51 19 10 4 3 14
NON-EU Germany France Sweden United Kingdom Italy Other RUSSIA - (RU) Germany Poland France Austria Belgium Other PAKISTAN - (PK) United Kingdom Germany Italy Hungary France Other ERITREA - (ER) Sweden Germany Italy United Kingdom Netherlands Other IRAQ - (IQ) Germany Sweden Netherlands Belgium Finland Other STATELESS Sweden Germany Bulgaria Denmark United Kingdom Other CD - (CD) France Belgium Germany United Kingdom Greece Other MALI - (ML) Italy France Spain Germany Hungary Other TURKEY - (TR) France Germany Italy Belgium Austria Other CHINA - (CN) France United Kingdom Belgium Germany Austria Other INDIA - (IN) Germany United Kingdom Austria Hungary Greece Other
# (% ) 126 705 29 64 760 15 54 270 13 29 855 7 27 930 6 130 645 30 (% ) 15 475 37 12 760 31 5 010 12 2 850 7 2 150 5 3 025 7 (% ) 4 645 22 4 245 20 3 310 16 3 080 15 1 780 9 3 820 18 (% ) 4 880 33 3 640 25 2 215 15 1 435 10 1 040 7 1 460 10 (% ) 4 195 37 1 480 13 1 420 13 930 8 820 7 2 355 21 (% ) 6 885 72 600 6 565 6 335 3 335 3 870 9 (% ) 5 325 66 1 540 19 265 3 220 3 155 2 595 7 (% ) 1 870 28 1 645 25 1 470 22 655 10 305 5 720 11 (% ) 1 900 34 1 770 31 515 9 320 6 300 5 825 15 (% ) 2 470 48 1 040 20 455 9 435 8 230 4 555 11 (% ) 1 270 39 1 145 35 340 11 85 3 80 3 315 10
AFGHANISTAN - (AF) Germany Sweden Austria Hungary Italy Other KOSOVO - (XK) Hungary France Germany Sweden Belgium Other IRAN - (IR) Germany United Kingdom Sweden Netherlands Austria Other MK - (MK) Germany Sweden Belgium France Austria Other BANGLADESH - (BD) France United Kingdom Greece Germany Hungary Other BA - (BA) Germany France Sweden Italy Belgium Other GUINEA - (GN) France Belgium Germany Netherlands Italy Other EGYPT - (EG) Germany Italy France Greece Sweden Other MOROCCO - (MA) Germany Sweden Austria Hungary Italy Other SUDAN - (SD) France United Kingdom Germany Sweden Netherlands Other
8 240 3 025 2 590 2 330 2 175 7 935 6 210 5 505 4 425 1 270 1 270 1 500 4 775 3 055 1 175 1 120 595 2 060 9 415 455 425 345 170 250 4 470 1 270 730 685 500 1 465 4 845 905 520 240 170 430 2 480 1 610 1 290 215 180 625 2 145 975 440 310 295 1 340 1 230 615 515 450 315 1 130 885 840 400 225 170 715
(% ) 31 12 10 9 8 30 (% ) 31 27 22 6 6 7 (% ) 37 24 9 9 5 16 (% ) 85 4 4 3 2 2 (% ) 49 14 8 8 5 16 (% ) 68 13 7 3 2 6 (% ) 39 25 20 3 3 10 (% ) 39 18 8 6 5 24 (% ) 29 14 12 11 7 27 (% ) 27 26 12 7 5 22
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during 2013 in the EU-28 # Absolute number of asylum applications Kosovo – see methodological notes; CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Data in focus — 3/2014
9
10
3/2014 — Data in focus
1 255
230
5 680
Greece
Spain
France
35
Lithuania
2 195
1 460
2 185
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
1 935
935
2 390
3 790
250
15
50
120
25
615
1 305
25
75
20
5
95
1 690
165
4 470
270
755
80
10
7 505
745
45
245
1 185
Jan.
:
:
:
:
:
:
1 625
645
2 245
2 960
200
15
15
85
25
700
975
20
70
25
5
130
1 240
145
4 945
425
705
80
10
5 955
545
30
215
1 020
Feb.
:
:
:
:
:
:
Q1 2013
Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
: data are not available
2 250
4 080
220
45
50
55
20
970
935
60
65
70
5
85
1 270
5 310
160
850
70
5
4 870
595
45
255
1 345
840
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Dec.
825
2 750
4 560
320
50
25
75
25
945
905
335
115
50
15
130
1 985
4 650
245
1 030
70
0
8 965
640
35
200
1 390
Nov.
( 1) Relative to population as of 1st of January 2013
Switzerland
955
:
Liechtenstein
Norway
:
2 845
United Kingdom
:
:
:
Iceland
300
5 490
60
Slovakia
Sweden
30
Slovenia
Finland
10
155
Romania
1 205
1 040
40
Portugal
Poland
Austria
Netherlands
Malta
Hungary
165
10
Latvia
Luxembourg
150
Cyprus
Italy
2 170
105
Ireland
Croatia
5
10 195
Germany
Estonia
610
Denmark
60
190
Bulgaria
Czech Republic
1 725
:
EU-27
Belgium
:
EU-28
Oct.
Q4 2012
1 655
810
2 290
2 960
225
15
30
115
25
1 280
955
60
70
15
15
75
1 920
165
5 140
415
610
65
5
5 770
575
50
410
950
Mar.
:
:
:
:
:
:
1 875
760
2 420
3 040
225
25
20
125
70
1 915
1 040
160
1 945
90
15
15
70
1 830
100
5 210
385
745
90
10
7 705
535
35
250
895
Apr.
:
:
:
:
:
1 500
730
2 340
3 080
210
35
30
130
25
2 855
900
130
3 320
65
10
10
75
1 770
90
4 460
430
595
80
15
7 670
475
40
275
885
May
:
:
:
:
:
Q2 2013
Table 7: New asylum applicants, Q4 2012 – Q4 2013
1 410
885
2 355
2 975
215
35
20
100
35
2 295
1 035
55
4 075
85
25
10
2 210
30
4 945
435
530
70
0
8 590
500
35
410
860
Jun.
:
:
:
:
:
:
1 660
1 225
2 665
4 120
250
20
15
170
40
1 485
1 185
435
2 170
95
0
35
70
2 475
40
5 480
410
760
70
10
9 790
610
40
435
1 080
Jul.
:
:
:
:
:
1 400
1 560
2 310
4 800
315
35
15
95
30
880
1 075
740
1 100
75
45
30
95
2 550
45
4 400
290
575
65
0
9 815
670
65
695
975
Aug.
:
:
:
:
:
Q3 2013
1 295
1 330
2 540
7 770
325
5
15
170
55
710
1 495
290
1 035
110
10
25
2 485
80
4 400
345
630
80
5
11 720
645
30
940
1 225
Sep.
:
:
:
:
:
:
1 615
1 035
2 760
7 910
265
30
20
125
45
535
1 555
115
740
120
30
15
130
3 310
95
5 760
335
750
80
5
13 265
710
40
1 230
1 080
Oct.
:
:
:
:
:
1 745
805
2 470
5 530
260
30
5
100
30
375
1 500
125
900
85
25
10
130
3 135
55
4 800
295
670
80
15
12 385
635
35
1 245
955
Nov.
:
:
:
:
:
Q4 2013
1 605
715
2 165
5 325
240
25
10
75
105
1 350
50
1 010
50
30
10
100
2 305
30
4 920
255
540
70
5
9 210
520
40
630
855
Dec.
:
:
:
:
:
:
4 965
2 555
7 395
18 765
770
85
30
300
180
4 405
295
2 650
255
85
35
365
8 750
180
15 475
885
1 960
230
25
34 865
1 865
115
3 110
2 895
:
:
:
:
:
:
Q4 2013
14
-38
-2
12
-14
39
-26
-30
48
17
-80
-38
-9
52
-62
17
8
8
-15
0
7
15
11
-3
-15
50
-12
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
-15
-2
-6
33
-8
-46
-70
5
253
53
-32
-25
-46
25
-1
61
-1
40
-37
-7
156
45
1
-15
385
-35
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
620
505
115
1 965
140
15
15
15
15
265
700
265
480
30
15
420
145
40
235
20
175
50
15
435
335
10
425
260
:
:
:
:
:
:
Applicants per million between between Q3 2013 and Q4 2012 and inhabitants (1) Q4 2013 Q4 2013 Q4 2013
Change in %
19 315
11 430
28 950
54 255
2 985
290
240
1 405
500
14 375
2 205
990
250
185
26 920
1 045
58 925
4 285
7 860
910
95
109 375
7 170
490
6 980
11 965
2013
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
:
Figure 9: First instance decisions by outcome, selected Member States (1), 2013 Germany (76165 decisions)
Sweden (45005 decisions)
France (58645 decisions)
15%
14%
2% 0%
9%
15%
47%
3%
36%
74%
83% 2% Italy (25245 decisions)
Belgium (19805 decisions)
UK (22340 decisions)
20% 12% 34%
36% 22%
12% 62%
0% 68%
0% 30%
4%
Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
Humanitarian reasons
Rejections
1
( ) Member States selected here are those reporting the highest number of first instance decisions issued during 2013 Humanitarian reasons not applicable for FR and BE Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
90 per cent of asylum applicants from Syria received a positive first instance decision in the EU-28 last year Figure 10: First instance decisions in the EU-28 by outcome, selected citizenships (1), 2013 Syria (36790 decisions)
1%
Afghanistan (22715 decisions)
Russia (25090 decisions)
10%
11%
2% 2% 20%
27% 47%
22% 62%
85% 11%
Pakistan (18525 decisions)
12%
Serbia (15810 decisions) 1% 0% 1%
Somalia (14470 decisions)
2%
17%
5% 38%
26% 81%
Refugee status
98%
Subsidiary protection
19%
Humanitarian reasons
Rejections
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
Data in focus — 3/2014
11
Almost 113 000 positive first instance decisions issued in the EU-28 in 2013, the highest number granted by Sweden and Germany Table 8: First instance decisions by citizenship and outcome, selected Member States, 2013 (1) First instance decisions Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
First instance decisions
Hum anitarian reasons
Rejections
Subsidiary protection
Refugee status
GERMANY Syria Iraq Iran Other
2 905 2 115 1 850 4 040
Syria Afghanistan Somalia Other
Syria Somalia Afghanistan Other
1 910 845 810 3 185
Syria Stateless Eritrea Other
Syria Iran Pakistan Other
1 440 1 255 905 3 875
Afghanistan Iran Syria Other
Syria Iran Afghanistan Other
2 485 1 310 1 005 3 630
Syria Somalia Afghanistan Other
5 795 Afghanistan 295 Iraq 215 Russia 705 Other SWEDEN
1 355 130 80 645
9 475 Afghanistan 3 035 Stateless 1 810 Somalia 1 825 Other UNITED KINGDOM 10 Albania 10 Afghanistan 10 Nigeria 40 Other OTHER 5 375 1 655 1 500 4 325
Somalia Iraq Syria Other
Hum anitarian reasons FRANCE Not applicable 500 305 110 625 ITALY
Serbia Russia MK Other
11 660 11 100 6 000 27 285
Russia CD Sri Lanka Other
1 195 925 910 5 895
Syria Afghanistan Russia Other
375 125 95 525
Somalia Serbia Syria Other
2 665 1 555 1 480 15 290
Eritrea Somalia Afghanistan Other
940 330 285 1 550
Somalia Afghanistan Mali Other
1 210 Nigeria 1 170 Ghana 1 025 Pakistan 2 145 Other BELGIUM
170 135 75 575
Pakistan Sri Lanka Iran Other
2 640 1 295 1 040 8 865
Afghanistan Guinea CD Other
630 545 345 2 385
Syria Afghanistan Iraq Other
Not applicable 1 320 800 70 180 EU - 28
6 740 4 890 4 155 33 360
Syria Iran Afghanistan Other
9 920 5 430 4 600 29 560
Syria Afghanistan Somalia Other
2 610 570 460 2 230
Pakistan Russia Afghanistan Other
22 625 4 890 3 810 14 210
Somalia Afghanistan Nigeria Other
1 425 775 705 4 620
2 790 2 485 1 570 10 835
Rejections
Kosovo Russia CD Other
4 210 3 935 3 490 39 345
Nigeria Pakistan Tunisia Other
1 850 1 345 740 5 125
CD Guinea Afghanistan Other
1 735 1 485 1 065 9 235
Russia Serbia Pakistan Other
21 410 15 430 15 025 161 715
1
( ) Member States selected here are those reporting the highest number of first instance decisions issued during 2013 CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
Table 9: First instance decisions by outcome, 2013 Total decisions EU-28 EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland
326 310 326 125 19 805 2 810 900 6 965 76 165 55 840 13 080 2 365 61 455 185 25 245 800 95 175 1 245 4 540 1 905 15 590 16 610 2 820 305 1 435 195 190 3 185 45 005 22 340 130 45 11 785 16 595
Total positive decisions 112 730 112 710 6 280 2 460 330 2 730 17 915 5 150 430 530 10 470 25 8 660 155 25 55 130 355 1 490 4 695 4 920 355 135 910 35 30 1 325 22 895 7 545 10 5 5 770 6 390
Refugee status 49 510 49 500 3 910 180 90 1 600 10 910 5 130 255 205 8 925 5 3 110 35 5 15 110 175 45 1 235 3 160 210 20 385 25 5 540 6 750 7 475 5 0 4 490 3 115
Subsidiary protection 45 540 45 525 2 370 2 280 240 1 130 7 005 0 20 175 325 1 545 15 5 550 125 20 40 25 185 1 445 3 460 1 760 145 115 530 15 30 785 16 145 70 5 5 995 870
Humanitarian reasons 17 685 17 685 15 80 2 205 0 70 5 7 525 10 5 115 4 850 390 5 35 295 1 120 960 0 0 280 2 405
Rejected 213 580 213 415 13 525 355 555 4 155 56 040 45 690 12 580 1 835 50 985 165 9 060 635 65 120 1 115 4 180 300 6 045 11 690 2 075 170 515 160 125 1 565 20 990 13 840 120 35 6 015 10 205
- data are not applicable Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
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9 out of 10 first instance decisions issued to Serbians and Russians were negative in 2013 Table 10: First instance decisions by destination country and outcome in the EU-28, selected citizenships of asylum applicants, 2013 (1) First instance decisions Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
SERBIA - RS 10 Italy 10 Sw eden 5 Germany 0 Other
France Belgium Austria Other
140 25 15 0
Italy Germany France Other
United Kingdom Germany Italy Other
905 785 240 300
Italy France Sw eden Other
1 195 620 275 535
Austria Denmark France Other
RUSSIA - RU 150 Poland 140 Germany 110 Sw eden 215 Other
Italy Netherlands Germany Other
OTHER 2 640 Italy 1 445 Netherlands 660 United Kingdom 8 375 Other
France Austria Belgium Other France Germany United Kingdom Other
6 485 5 325 4 520 11 220
First instance decisions
Hum anitarian reasons
Rejections
130 20 15 0
Germany Sw eden France Other
705 55 35 35
Greece United Kingdom France Other
290 80 30 40
Germany France Austria Other
6 485 1 565 750 1 695
France Germany Belgium Other
PAKISTAN - PK 370 Italy 10 United Kingdom 10 Netherlands 50 Other
Refugee status
11 660 1 555 705 1 515
845 450 330 770
Italy Sw eden Malta Other
Germany Sw eden United Kingdom Other
2 905 1 910 1 440 3 665
Sw eden Germany Bulgaria Other
11 100 3 935 2 165 4 210
Germany Sw eden Belgium Other
1 290 810 630 1 870
Italy Austria Sw eden Other
43 765 27 580 10 370 60 025
Germany France United Kingdom Other
10 910 8 925 7 475 22 195
Sw eden Germany Italy Other
4 280 2 640 1 780 6 325
Sw eden Germany Italy Other
Subsidiary protection
Hum anitarian reasons
SOMALIA - SO 1 210 Netherlands 660 Sw eden 655 Germany 1290 Other
Rejections
2 555 95 55 80
Sw eden Germany Denmark Other
2 665 650 610 1 540
365 75 10 25
Sw eden Germany Italy Other
1 480 495 370 1 425
AFGHANISTAN - AF 1 170 Germany 840 Sw eden 810 Netherlands 2 075 Other
1 355 375 300 455
Germany Austria Sw eden Other
3 060 1 760 1 265 4 650
NON-EU 16 145 Italy 7 005 Netherlands 5 550 Germany 16 840 Other
7 525 4 850 2 205 3 105
Germany France Sw eden Other
56 040 50 985 20 990 85 565
SYRIA - SY 9 475 Netherlands 5 795 Malta 1 860 Slovak Republic 5 495 Other
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
Table 11: First instance decisions by outcome, 30 main citizenships of asylum applicants granted decisions in the EU-28, 2013 (1) Total decisions Non-EU Syria - (SY) Russia - (RU) Afghanistan - (AF) Pakistan - (PK) Serbia - (RS) Somalia - (SO) Iran - (IR) Kosovo - (XK) Iraq - (IQ) Nigeria - (NG) Eritrea - (ER) Bangladesh - (BD) CD - (CD) MK - (MK) Albania - (AL) Stateless Georgia - (GE) Sri Lanka - (LK) Guinea - (GN) Armenia - (AM) BA - (BA) Turkey - (TR) Algeria - (DZ) China - (CN) Mali - (ML) Ivory Coast - (CI) Morocco - (MA) Sudan - (SD) Egypt - (EG) Senegal - (SN) Other
326 310 36 790 25 090 22 715 18 525 15 810 14 470 11 105 11 055 10 105 8 905 8 905 8 255 7 585 7 480 7 305 6 815 6 280 5 930 5 575 5 495 5 390 5 120 4 590 4 525 3 740 2 930 2 730 2 580 2 485 2 410 45 620
Total positive decisions 112 730 33 020 3 680 11 975 3 500 380 9 005 6 115 385 5 500 2 190 6 730 700 1 655 70 625 5 135 265 1 645 1 485 465 295 995 195 900 1 885 875 215 1 010 755 535 10 550
Refugee status 49 510 9 920 2 625 4 600 2 230 185 2 405 5 430 190 3 230 335 3 090 245 1 440 25 245 1 315 125 1 420 1 170 210 100 540 110 770 355 350 75 810 410 210 5 345
Subsidiary protection 45 540 22 625 615 4 890 445 30 3 810 335 75 1 425 285 3 400 35 115 10 145 3 670 40 85 125 95 10 100 35 50 1 050 190 20 130 110 45 1 550
Humanitarian reasons 17 685 475 440 2 485 830 170 2 790 345 120 840 1 570 235 420 105 35 235 150 100 140 190 160 185 355 50 80 480 335 120 70 240 280 3 660
Rejected 213 580 3 770 21 410 10 740 15 025 15 430 5 465 4 990 10 670 4 605 6 715 2 175 7 555 5 930 7 410 6 680 1 675 6 015 4 285 4 090 5 035 5 095 4 130 4 395 3 625 1 855 2 055 2 515 1 570 1 730 1 875 35 065
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during 2013 CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; Kosovo – see methodological notes; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
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Asylum applicants and first instance decisions on asylum applications: fourth quarter 2013 Around 20 000 more asylum applicants in the EU in Q4 2013 with Germany recording nearly 15 000 more asylum applicants Figure 11: Asylum applicants, absolute change between Q4 2012 and Q4 2013 25 000
20 000
15 000
10 000
5 000
LI
IS
CH
NO
DE
HR
IT
SE
BG
NL
HU
PT
ES
CY
EE
DK
RO
IE
LV
CZ
FI
LT
SI
LU
SK
AT
MT
FR
EL
UK
PL
EU28 *
BE
-5 000
Absolute change
* Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data; HR cannot be calculated due to missing 2012 data for Croatia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Bulgaria, Portugal and Hungary have seen a high increase in asylum applicants in Q4 2013 Figure 12: Asylum applicants, relative change between Q4 2012 and Q4 2013, % 400 350 300 250 200 150 100 50 0 -50
IS
NO
LI
CH
HR
BG
PT
EE
HU
IT
DE
ES
NL
SE
CY
DK
RO
FR
AT
UK
FI
IE
CZ
LV
LU
MT
EL
BE
LT
SK
PL
SI
EU28 *
-100
Relative change
* Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data; HR cannot be calculated due to missing 2012 data for Croatia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
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Syrians account for half of the overall increase of asylum applicants in the EU-28 in Q4 2013, followed by Eritreans and Stateless persons Figure 13: Asylum applicants by citizenship, EU-28 (*), absolute change between Q4 2012 and Q4 2013 25 000 20 000 15 000 10 000 5 000
SY
ER
Stateless
EG
NG
AL
SO
BD
GM
SN
RS
MK
BA
ML
SD
AF
DZ
CD
MA
GN
XK
CN
AM
IQ
LK
TR
IR
GE
PK
RU
Non-EU
-5 000
Absolute change
(*) Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Egyptians and Stateless asylum applicants tripled in the EU-28 in Q4 2013 compared to Q4 2012 Figure 14: Asylum applicants by citizenship, EU-28 (*), relative change between Q4 2012 and Q4 2013, % 250 200 150 100 50
EG
GM
Stateless
SY
ER
SY
SN
NG
SD
AL
ML
BD
MA
DZ
SO
MK
BA
GN
CD
AF
RS
XK
CN
AM
IQ
LK
PK
GE
IR
TR
RU
Non-EU
- 50
Relative change
(*) Excluding Croatia due to missing 2012 data Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
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1 out of 4 asylum applicants was aged less than 18 in the EU-28 in Q4 2013 Table 12: Asylum applicants by age group, 4th quarter 2013, % Total (absolute value) EU-28 EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denm ark Germ any Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxem bourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Rom ania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sw eden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norw ay Sw itzerland
Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %) 0-13
14-17
18-34
35-64
65 and over
Unknow n
123 340 123 155
20.5 20.5
6.4 6.4
51.3 51.2
20.6 20.6
0.9 0.9
0.2 0.2
4 585 3 165 165 1 865 41 050 25 230 2 220 935 16 880 185 9 150 405 35 110 285 2 755 310 5 035 4 765 1 360 180 325 35 105 815 18 765 7 590 30 5 2 710 5 545
21.5 30.0 12.8 20.0 26.2 8.7 16.9 6.9 10.5 18.5 1.1 4.4 14.1 17.1 8.9 18.9 4.9 7.1 27.2 26.3 : 15.6 18.4 0.0 17.8 16.2 19.7 13.5 13.5 18.8 13.9 22.4
6.4 8.1 5.5 8.9 6.1 4.3 4.8 6.3 3.3 3.1 1.6 3.4 12.9 0.0 2.7 8.4 5.2 11.5 9.1 9.8 : 17.8 6.4 8.8 7.5 5.4 9.3 6.7 6.7 0.0 10.4 5.0
47.9 43.7 42.1 47.7 47.0 56.5 54.5 65.2 64.0 53.4 85.0 81.4 57.7 68.6 62.5 52.8 78.4 68.9 41.8 44.2 : 47.2 48.2 64.7 54.2 55.7 44.0 54.7 54.7 50.0 56.0 53.6
23.4 17.4 38.4 22.0 19.9 30.4 22.9 21.3 20.4 24.3 12.3 10.7 12.4 14.3 24.1 19.9 11.2 10.9 20.7 19.0 : 19.4 25.8 26.5 20.6 21.0 25.4 21.2 21.2 31.3 19.3 18.2
0.9 0.9 1.2 1.3 0.7 0.0 0.9 0.3 1.8 0.8 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 1.8 0.0 0.3 1.3 1.0 0.8 : 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.0 1.7 1.5 1.3 1.3 0.0 0.4 0.8
0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.5 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.0 : 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.0 2.7 2.7 0.0 0.0 0.0
EU aggregates are based on data available; data for PL on distribution by age are not available for December 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code : migr_asyappctzm)
Figure 15: Asylum applicants by gender, 4th quarter 2013, % 100%
75%
50%
25%
EU aggregates are based on data available; data for PL on distribution by gender are not available for December 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
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LI
IS
Unknown
CH
NO
HR
HU
MT
IT
SI
LT
EL
EE
LV
PT
ES
RO
FI
Men
CZ
LU
Women
SK
AT
DK
IE
UK
SE
CY
FR
DE
BE
BG
PL
NL
EU27
EU28
0%
Russians, Bosnians and persons from FYROM are the citizenships of asylum applicants with the highest proportion of minor asylum seekers in the EU-28 in Q4 2013 Table 13: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-28 (*), by age group, 4th quarter 2013, % (1) Total (absolute value) Non-EU Syria - (SY) Serbia - (RS) Afghanistan - (AF) Eritrea - (ER) Russia - (RU) Som alia - (SO) Pakistan - (PK) MK - (MK) Stateless Kosovo - (XK) Albania - (AL) Nigeria - (NG) Iran - (IR) Iraq - (IQ) BA - (BA) Georgia - (GE) Bangladesh - (BD) CD - (CD) Egypt - (EG) Guinea - (GN) Algeria - (DZ) Sri Lanka - (LK) Arm enia - (AM) Mali - (ML) Gam bia - (GM) Turkey - (TR) China - (CN) Senegal - (SN) Sudan - (SD) Morocco - (MA) Other
Distribution of age groups as a share of total (in %) 0-13
123 340 19 295 8 630 7 730 6 040 5 635 5 065 4 745 4 000 3 750 3 640 3 635 3 505 3 180 3 015 2 855 2 365 2 345 2 265 1 945 1 690 1 485 1 460 1 415 1 335 1 320 1 280 1 275 1 140 1 025 1 015 15 265
14-17 20.5 23.1 37.0 16.2 7.1 41.8 19.2 7.9 34.3 24.3 31.3 26.1 13.6 13.0 26.7 36.7 15.7 4.3 19.2 15.5 14.5 6.7 12.5 23.7 6.3 4.0 12.1 7.8 2.4 11.3 2.9 16.0
18-34 6.4 5.8 7.0 16.5 6.2 4.2 13.8 2.9 7.3 6.2 4.9 9.8 1.6 4.9 5.1 7.1 2.5 3.5 5.0 5.5 6.0 8.0 2.0 4.6 3.5 7.2 4.1 1.2 4.6 1.7 16.1 4.2
35-64 51.3 44.4 30.7 53.3 74.7 29.6 57.2 68.4 30.5 39.6 43.5 44.1 71.0 50.3 42.8 33.1 48.8 73.1 52.6 62.6 70.0 65.9 62.3 38.3 79.4 82.4 67.3 48.3 79.3 63.4 65.9 56.6
65 and over 20.6 24.8 24.7 13.0 11.5 20.4 8.7 19.5 27.5 28.0 19.6 19.4 13.5 29.6 22.7 22.6 30.2 18.7 22.2 15.9 9.3 19.1 20.7 30.9 10.8 6.1 16.1 41.7 13.7 22.0 15.2 22.0
Unknow n
0.9 1.7 0.6 0.9 0.2 1.0 0.9 0.7 0.4 1.6 0.7 0.5 0.0 1.1 2.5 0.5 0.4 0.1 0.9 0.3 0.1 0.2 1.4 2.1 0.0 0.0 0.2 0.4 0.0 0.4 0.0 0.7
0.2 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.0 0.1 0.5 0.0 0.1 0.0 0.1 0.4 0.9 0.0 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.1 0.0 0.1 1.2 0.0 0.0 0.3 0.1 0.6 0.0 1.2 0.0 0.4
(*) Data for PL on distribution by age are not available for December 2013; 1 ( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q4 2013 in the EU-28 2 ( ) MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; Kosovo – see methodological notes; CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Figure 16: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants in the EU-28 (*), by gender, 4th quarter 2013, % (1) 100%
75%
50%
25%
Women
Men
SN
BD
BD
GM
DZ
MA
PK
ML
SD
AF
EG
TR
LK
ER
GE
GN
NG
SY
SO
IQ
Stateless
IR
AL
XK
BA
MK
RS
RU
CD
AM
CN
Non - EU
0%
Unknown
(*) Data for PL on distribution by gender are not available for December 2013 1 ( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q4 2013 in the EU-28 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Data in focus — 3/2014
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Syrians and Serbians represent more than 20 per cent of all asylum seekers in the EU in Q4 2013 Table 14: Five main citizenships of asylum applicants, 4th quarter 2013 (1) EU-28 Syria Serbia Afghanistan Eritrea Russia Other
# 19 295 8 630 7 730 6 040 5 635 76 010
% 16 7 6 5 5 62
EU-27 Syria Serbia Afghanistan Eritrea Russia Other
# 2 465 240 235 60 30 140
(% ) 78 8 7 2 1 4
CZECH REPUBLIC Ukraine Syria Russia Vietnam Armenia Other
# 19 250 8 630 7 730 6 040 5 635 75 875
% 16 7 6 5 5 62
# 25 25 20 10 10 75
(% ) 16 14 12 7 6 45
DENMARK Syria Russia Somalia Afghanistan Stateless Other
BELGIUM Russia CD Afghanistan Guinea Syria Other
# 450 380 340 325 300 2 790
(% ) 10 8 7 7 7 61
BULGARIA Syria Stateless Afghanistan Iraq Somalia Other
GERMANY Serbia Syria MK Eritrea Afghanistan Other
# 7 580 4 425 3 630 2 290 2 270 20 855
(% ) 18 11 9 6 6 51
ESTONIA Syria Sudan Belarus Georgia Vietnam Other
# 10 5 0 0 0 5
(% ) 43 13 9 9 9 17
IRELAND Nigeria Algeria Pakistan Zimbabwe Malawi Other
# 35 30 25 20 20 105
(% ) 16 12 10 9 8 45
Syria Mali Algeria Nigeria Palestine Other
# 180 150 90 45 35 440
(% ) 19 16 9 5 4 47
FRANCE CD Albania Bangladesh Russia Kosovo Other
# 1 575 1 560 1 280 1 205 1 130 10 130
(% ) 9 9 8 7 7 60
CROATIA Tunisia Syria Nigeria Algeria Morocco Other
# 45 45 20 15 15 50
CYPRUS Syria Pakistan Bangladesh Egypt Somalia Other
# 195 40 35 30 30 80
(% ) 48 10 8 7 7 20
LATVIA Georgia Russia Turkey Egypt Nigeria Other
# 30 0 0 0 0 0
(% ) 86 3 3 3 3 3
LITHUANIA Georgia Afghanistan Russia Vietnam India Other
# 1 110 320 190 150 120 870
(% ) 40 12 7 5 4 32
MALTA Gambia Syria Libya Senegal Somalia Other
# 70 70 45 35 35 60
(% ) 22 22 14 11 11 20
NETHERLANDS Syria Somalia Eritrea Iraq Afghanistan Other
# 835 255 50 45 45 130
(% ) 61 19 4 3 3 9
PORTUGAL Syria Guinea Senegal Guinea-Bissau Ivory Coast Other
# 75 15 10 10 10 55
(% ) 43 9 6 6 5 31
SLOVAKIA Afghanistan Armenia Sri Lanka Somalia Iran Other
# 40 15 10 5 5 30
(% ) 37 15 8 7 5 28
FINLAND Iraq Syria Somalia Iran Nigeria Other
ICELAND Eritrea Russia Nigeria Albania Azerbaijan Other
# (% ) 5 16 5 13 5 13 5 9 5 9 15 41
SPAIN
HUNGARY Afghanistan Syria Kosovo Palestine Bangladesh Other POLAND Russia Georgia Kyrgyzstan Armenia Syria Other
# 615 280 165 105 90 615
(% ) 33 15 9 6 5 33
GREECE Afghanistan Pakistan Egypt Albania Georgia Other
# 385 315 155 155 135 1 080
(% ) 17 14 7 7 6 49
(% ) 24 24 12 8 7 26
ITALY Nigeria Pakistan Gambia Afghanistan Somalia Other
# 1 555 1 130 770 690 620 4 390
(% ) 17 12 8 8 7 48
# 30 20 20 15 10 15
(% ) 28 20 18 15 8 12
LUXEMBOURG Bosnia and Herzegovina Kosovo Montenegro Albania Serbia Other
# 55 35 30 25 25 120
(% ) 19 12 11 8 8 42
# 1 200 900 410 335 290 1 900
(% ) 24 18 8 7 6 38
AUSTRIA Syria Afghanistan Russia Kosovo Iraq Other
# 985 750 680 225 160 1 960
(% ) 21 16 14 5 3 41
ROMANIA Syria Afghanistan Iraq Pakistan Turkey Other
# 215 20 10 10 5 60
(% ) 66 6 3 3 2 19
SLOVENIA Russia Serbia Pakistan CD Iran Other
# 5 5 5 5 5 15
(% ) 12 12 12 9 9 47
# (% ) 225 28 55 7 50 6 50 6 50 6 385 47
SWEDEN Syria Stateless Eritrea Somalia Afghanistan Other
# 6 800 2 740 1 825 1 055 805 5 545
(% ) 36 15 10 6 4 30
UNITED KINGDOM Pakistan Iran Eritrea Sri Lanka Syria Other
# 1 180 755 590 530 525 4 005
(% ) 16 10 8 7 7 53
LIECHTENSTEIN Algeria Russia Tunisia Bangladesh
# (% ) 0 40 0 20 0 20 0 20
Other
0
NORWAY Eritrea Syria Somalia Afghanistan Stateless Other
# 830 305 205 180 155 1 030
(% ) 31 11 8 7 6 38
SWITZERLAND Syria Eritrea Sri Lanka Tunisia Morocco Other
# 1 075 710 335 295 255 2 875
(% ) 19 13 6 5 5 52
0
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q4 2013 in the EU-28 # Absolute number of asylum applications CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; Kosovo – see methodological notes; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
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Syrians applied for asylum mainly in Sweden, Germany and Bulgaria in Q4 2013 Table 15: Thirty main citizenships of asylum applicants by destination country in the EU-28, 4th quarter 2013 (1)
SYRIA - (SY) Sweden Germany Bulgaria Netherlands Austria Other ERITREA - (ER) Germany Sweden United Kingdom Italy Netherlands Other PAKISTAN - (PK) United Kingdom Italy Germany France Greece Other KOSOVO Germany France Sweden Austria Hungary Other IRAN - (IR) Germany United Kingdom Sweden Netherlands Austria Other GEORGIA - (GE) Germany France Poland Sweden Greece Other EGYPT - (EG) Germany Italy Greece France Sweden Other SRI LANKA - (LK) France United Kingdom Germany Netherlands Belgium Other GAMBIA - (GM) Italy Germany United Kingdom Malta Sweden Other SENEGAL - (SN) Italy Germany Belgium France Hungary Other
# 6 800 4 425 2 465 1 200 985 3 415 # 2 290 1 825 590 585 410 340 # 1 180 1 130 1 105 445 315 575 # 1 420 1 130 380 225 190 290 # 1 215 755 270 215 145 590 # 710 675 255 210 135 380 # 975 280 155 125 105 300 # 590 530 150 60 40 90 # 770 205 105 70 55 120 # 565 210 90 80 80 125
(% ) 35 23 13 6 5 18 (% ) 38 30 10 10 7 6 (% ) 25 24 23 9 7 12 (% ) 39 31 11 6 5 8 (% ) 38 24 8 7 5 19 (% ) 30 29 11 9 6 16 (% ) 50 14 8 6 5 15 (% ) 40 36 10 4 3 6 (% ) 58 15 8 5 4 9 (% ) 49 18 8 7 7 11
NON-EU Germany Sweden France Italy United Kingdom Other SERBIA - (RS) Germany Sweden France Belgium Austria Other RUSSIA - (RU) Germany France Poland Austria Belgium Other MK - (MK) Germany Sweden Belgium France Austria Other ALBANIA - (AL) France Germany United Kingdom Sweden Belgium Other IRAQ - (IQ) Germany Sweden Netherlands Belgium Finland Other BANGLADESH - (BD) France United Kingdom Germany Italy Hungary Other GUINEA - (GN) France Germany Belgium Italy Netherlands Other ARMENIA - (AM) France Germany Belgium Sweden Austria Other TURKEY - (TR) Germany France Italy Austria Belgium Other SUDAN - (SD) France United Kingdom Germany Italy Sweden Other
# 41 050 18 765 16 880 9 150 7 585 29 910 # 7 580 525 130 130 60 205 # 1 625 1 205 835 680 450 840 # 3 630 105 70 65 60 70 # 1 560 715 480 390 185 305 # 1 035 455 335 245 225 715 # 1 280 260 210 150 120 325 # 730 430 325 65 40 105 # 460 440 100 95 85 240 # 440 420 115 65 60 180 # 250 245 155 80 60 230
(% ) 33 15 14 7 6 24 (% ) 88 6 2 1 1 2 (% ) 29 21 15 12 8 15 (% ) 91 3 2 2 2 2 (% ) 43 20 13 11 5 8 (% ) 34 15 11 8 8 24 (% ) 55 11 9 6 5 14 (% ) 43 25 19 4 2 6 (% ) 33 31 7 7 6 17 (% ) 34 33 9 5 5 14 (% ) 25 24 15 8 6 22
AFGHANISTAN - (AF) Germany Hungary Sweden Austria Italy Other SOMALIA - (SO) Germany Sweden Netherlands Italy Denmark Other STATELESS Sweden Germany Bulgaria Netherlands Austria Other NIGERIA - (NG) Italy Germany France United Kingdom Austria Other BA - (BA) Germany France Sweden Luxembourg Italy Other CD - (CD) France Belgium Greece United Kingdom Germany Other ALGERIA - (DZ) Germany France Austria Sweden Spain Other MALI - (ML) Italy France Spain Germany Hungary Other CHINA - (CN) France United Kingdom Germany Belgium Austria Other MOROCCO - (MA) Germany Sweden Italy Austria France Other
# 2 270 1 110 805 750 690 2 105 # 1 560 1 055 900 620 165 765 # 2 740 290 240 145 95 240 # 1 555 555 360 275 135 625 # 2 050 395 165 55 50 140 # 1 575 380 70 65 55 120 # 450 385 150 125 90 290 # 525 400 150 130 40 90 # 615 250 125 85 65 135 # 380 220 80 75 55 210
(% ) 29 14 10 10 9 27 (% ) 31 21 18 12 3 15 (% ) 73 8 6 4 3 6 (% ) 44 16 10 8 4 18 (% ) 72 14 6 2 2 5 (% ) 69 17 3 3 2 5 (% ) 30 26 10 8 6 19 (% ) 39 30 11 10 3 7 (% ) 48 20 10 7 5 11 (% ) 37 22 8 7 5 21
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those with the highest number of asylum applicants registered during Q4 2013 in the EU-28 # Absolute number of asylum applications Kosovo – see methodological notes; CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asyappctzm)
Data in focus — 3/2014
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Figure 17: First instance decisions by outcome, selected Member States (1), 4th quarter 2013 Germany (22 935 decisions)
13%
France (14 500 decisions)
6%
Sweden (9 925 decisions)
3%
13%
14%
1% 39%
80%
46%
84% 1% Netherlands (4 945 decisions)
Italy (5 395 decisions)
Belgium (4 455 decisions)
8% 15%
24%
34%
39%
27% 24%
10% 66% 31%
22%
Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
Humanitarian reasons
Rejections
1
( ) Member States selected here are those reporting the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q4 2013 Humanitarian reasons not applicable for FR and BE Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
Figure 18: First instance decisions in the EU-28 by outcome, selected citizenships (1), 4th quarter 2013 Syria (12695 decisions)
Russia (7975 decisions) 1% 2%
2% 9%
10%
Serbia (5510 decisions) 0% 0%
1%
29%
60%
87%
Afghanistan (5165 decisions)
99%
Pakistan (4435 decisions)
12%
2%
Kosovo (4065 decisions) 0% 1%
3%
23% 5% 47% 22% 80%
97%
8%
Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
Humanitarian reasons
Rejections
1
( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during Q4 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
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Table 16: First instance decisions by citizenship and outcome, selected Member States, 4th quarter 2013 (1) First instance decisions Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
First instance decisions
Hum anitarian reasons
Rejections
Refugee status
Subsidiary protection
GERMANY (24 670 decisions) Syria Iran Iraq Other
1 345 415 345 1 090
Syria 1 155 Afghanistan Afghanistan 35 Iraq Stateless 35 Russia Other 175 Other SWEDEN (14 145 decisions)
Hum anitarian reasons
Rejections
FRANCE (19 135 decisions) 220 25 15 145
Serbia Russia MK Other
4 705 3 730 2 575 8 660
Russia Sri Lanka CD Other
390 250 215 1 645
Not applicable Syria 230 Afghanistan 80 Albania 70 Other 255 ITALY (5 830 decisions)
2 045 1 715 1 535 10 700
Nigeria Pakistan Gambia Other
560 420 140 1 165 265 260 225 2 155
Syria Eritrea Stateless Other
510 375 250 825
Syria 3 615 Afghanistan 70 Stateless 1 980 Stateless 25 Eritrea 535 Iraq 20 Other 380 Other 110 NETHERLANDS (4 720 decisions)
Somalia Syria Stateless Other
470 460 425 4 105
Eritrea Somalia Afghanistan Other
260 125 85 385
Somalia 480 Mali Afghanistan 365 Pakistan Pakistan 130 Nigeria Other 460 Other BELGIUM (4 365 decisions)
Stateless Iran Afghanistan Other
90 75 50 150
Syria 720 Somalia Eritrea 275 Syria Afghanistan 60 Iraq Other 220 Other OTHER (45 030 decisions)
765 255 115 350
Afghanistan Iran Iraq Other
150 145 125 1 170
Guinea Afghanistan CD Other
140 135 115 635
Not applicable Syria 180 Afghanistan 175 Iraq 40 Other 45 EU-28 (93 215 decisions)
Guinea CD Afghanistan Other
Syria Iran Afghanistan Other
2 750 860 665 2 975
Syria Somalia Afghanistan Other
250 65 45 355
Russia Serbia MK Other
4 980 4 800 2 620 19 720
Syria Iran Afghanistan Other
3 660 1 180 1 175 7 935
Syria Stateless Somalia Other
Russia Serbia Kosovo Other
2 840 645 335 1 130
Afghanistan Russia Iraq Other
7 620 2 260 1 285 4 075
Somalia Afghanistan Syria Other
215 200 160 680
Kosovo Albania Russia Other
815 405 265 2 195
6 950 5 440 3 930 44 020
1
( ) Member States selected here are those reporting the highest number of first instance decisions issued during Q4 2013 CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; MK - The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA - Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
1 out of 3 first instance decisions issued in the EU-28 in Q4 2013 were positive and most of them were granted by Sweden, Germany and Italy Table 17: First instance decisions by outcome, 4th quarter 2013 Total decisions EU-28 EU-27 Belgium Bulgaria Czech Republic Denmark Germany Estonia Ireland Greece Spain France Croatia Italy Cyprus Latvia Lithuania Luxembourg Hungary Malta Netherlands Austria Poland Portugal Romania Slovenia Slovakia Finland Sweden United Kingdom Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Switzerland
93 215 93 190 4 365 1 545 320 2 505 24 670 10 230 3 335 685 19 135 25 5 830 235 25 30 280 1 210 690 4 720 3 525 590 50 315 35 45 725 14 145 3 955 40 15 3 775 4 285
Total positive decisions 32 875 32 875 1 460 1 475 130 1 290 4 995 5 25 350 200 3 145 0 3 540 80 5 5 25 130 580 3 130 1 290 170 5 240 5 20 360 8 685 1 525 0 0 2 035 2 335
Refugee status 13 955 13 950 1 025 160 20 780 3 195 5 25 220 95 2 505 0 855 10 0 0 25 70 15 365 955 65 0 75 5 0 130 1 955 1 400 0 0 1 615 960
Subsidiary protection 15 245 15 245 435 1 315 105 495 1 400 0 0 105 105 640 0 1 430 70 0 5 5 60 550 1 280 335 45 5 165 0 5 160 6 510 10 0 0 345 320
Humanitarian reasons 3 680 3 680 5 10 400 0 30 0 1 255 0 0 0 10 1 485 55 0 15 70 220 115 0 0 75 1 060
Rejected 60 340 60 315 2 900 70 190 1 215 19 670 10 205 2 985 485 15 990 25 2 290 155 20 25 250 1 080 110 1 585 2 235 420 45 70 30 25 370 5 460 2 430 40 15 1 745 1 945
- data are not applicable Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
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Table 18: First instance decisions by destination country and outcome in the EU-28, selected citizenships of asylum applicants, 4th quarter 2013 (1) First instance decisions Subsidiary protection
Refugee status
First instance decisions
Hum anitarian reasons
Rejections
Subsidiary protection
Refugee status
SYRIA - SY 1 345 Sw eden 510 Germany
3 615 Netherlands 1 155 Italy
Denmark Other
495 Bulgaria 1 315 Other
1 145 Malta 1 700 Other
Austria Other
30 Germany 5 France 5 Italy 0 Other
Germany
170 Italy
UK Italy
160 France 65 Austria
Other
120 Other
France Germany Sw eden Other
1 730 1 300 1 230 3 470
Sw eden Italy Malta Other
Rejections
RUSSIA - RU
Germany Sw eden
France Belgium
Hum anitarian reasons
255 Sw eden 0 Germany
460 190
France Austria
390 France 175 Denmark
60 Poland 40 Germany
45 Germany 15 France
3 730 1 535
115 385
Belgium Other
50 Austria 150 Other
30 Sw eden 60 Other
5 Austria 0 Other
560 1 125
4 705 365
Germany Austria
345 Italy 180 Austria
AFGHANISTAN - AF 365 Germany 175 Sw eden
220 Germany 70 Greece
710 315
150 220
Sw eden Other
170 Belgium 480 Other
175 Netherlands 440 Other
60 Sw eden 55 Other
295 1 105
0 Netherlands 0 Other
SERBIA - RS 5 Italy 5 Denmark
20 Germany 0 Sw eden
5 Germany 0 Other
0 France 0 Other
PAKISTAN - PK 130 Italy
200 Greece
980
France
15 UK 10 France
515 490
Belgium Austria
5 Netherlands 5 UK 0 Other OTHER 2 740 Netherlands 900 Italy 550 Germany 1 905 Other
0 Other 1 150 990 155 350
France Germany Sw eden Other
1 550 11 680 8 725 3 830 12 680
Other Germany France Sw eden Other
KOSOVO - XK 20 Italy
60 France 5 Austria 5 Luxembourg 0 Other 3 195 2 505 1 955 6 300
Sw eden Italy Germany Other
5 Sw eden 5 Finland 0 Other NON-EU 6 510 Netherlands 1 430 Italy 1 400 Germany 5 900 Other
20 France
2 045
10 Germany 5 Sw eden
1 145 265
0 Other 1 485 1 255 400 535
475
Germany France Sw eden Other
19 670 15 990 5 460 19 220
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( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during Q4 2013 Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
Only 1 out of 10 first instance decisions issued for applications of Syrians were negative in Q4 2013 Table 19: First instance decisions by outcome, 30 main citizenships of asylum applicants granted decisions in the EU-28, 4th quarter 2013 (1) Total decisions
Non-EU Syria - (SY) Russia - (RU) Serbia - (RS) Afghanistan - (AF) Pakistan - (PK) Kosovo - (XK) Som alia - (SO) Stateless Eritrea - (ER) Albania - (AL) MK - (MK) Iran - (IR) BA - (BA) Iraq - (IQ) Nigeria - (NG) Georgia - (GE) Bangladesh - (BD) CD - (CD) Sri Lanka - (LK) Turkey - (TR) Guinea - (GN) China - (CN) Arm enia - (AM) Algeria - (DZ) Mali - (ML) Egypt - (EG) Ivory Coast - (CI) Sudan - (SD) Senegal - (SN) Morocco - (MA) Other
93 215 12 695 7 975 5 510 5 165 4 435 4 065 4 030 3 420 2 980 2 975 2 880 2 410 2 205 2 160 2 110 2 015 2 015 1 565 1 335 1 305 1 225 1 220 1 220 1 170 1 055 655 640 600 595 585 11 000
Total positive decisions 32 875 11 545 1 030 65 2 740 895 135 2 675 2 845 2 310 170 10 1 325 70 1 140 390 65 135 440 400 240 330 245 90 45 370 225 170 200 125 40 2 420
Refugee status
13 955 3 660 765 35 1 175 515 75 580 550 1 080 60 5 1 180 35 610 115 25 70 375 340 140 270 220 35 20 90 125 70 165 50 20 1 485
Subsidiary protection 15 245 7 620 185 10 1 155 145 25 1 285 2 260 1 160 85 5 75 5 345 80 25 15 35 25 20 20 5 25 15 60 25 35 25 15 0 450
Hum anitarian reasons 3 680 265 80 20 405 235 35 815 35 70 20 0 70 35 185 190 15 50 30 35 75 35 15 30 5 215 75 65 10 60 20 480
Rejected
60 340 1 150 6 950 5 440 2 425 3 535 3 930 1 355 575 670 2 810 2 870 1 085 2 130 1 020 1 720 1 955 1 880 1 125 935 1 070 900 975 1 125 1 125 685 430 470 400 475 545 8 580
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( ) Citizenships selected here are those for which the highest number of first instance decisions was issued during Q4 2013 CD – Congo, the Democratic Republic of the; Kosovo – see methodological notes; MK – The Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia; BA – Bosnia and Herzegovina Source: Eurostat (online data code: migr_asydcfstq)
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Methodology COMMENTS All data presented in this publication are rounded to the nearest 5. All data presented in this publication are provisional (except as otherwise stated) and may be a subject to change. COUNTRY INFORMATION In France data on pending applications do not include accompanied minors aged less than 16 whose application is examined jointly with their parent's application. According to France, these missing pending applications are estimated to be about 20 per cent of the total number of pending applications. Kosovo - XK: this designation is without prejudice to positions on status, and is in line with UNSCR 1244 and the ICJ Opinion on the Kosovo Declaration of Independence. DATA SOURCES The data used for this publication are provided to Eurostat by the Ministries of Interior, Justice or immigration agencies of the Member States. Data are based entirely on relevant administrative sources. Apart from statistics on new asylum applicants, these data are supplied by Member States according to the provisions of Article 4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 of 11 July 2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection. DEFINITIONS AND COVERAGE 'Asylum applicant' means a person having submitted an application for international protection or having been included in such application as a family member during the reference period. 'Application for international protection' means an application for international protection as defined in Art.2(g) of Council Directive 2004/83/EC, i.e. including requests for refugee status or for subsidiary protection status, irrespective of whether the application was lodged on arrival at border, or from inside the country, and irrespective of whether the person entered the territory legally (e.g. as a tourist) or illegally. In deciding when to regard an asylum application as having been lodged, the principles expressed in Article 4(1) of Council Regulation 2003/343/EC should be applied, i.e. 'An application for asylum shall be deemed to have been lodged once a form submitted by the applicant for asylum or a report prepared by the authorities has reached the competent authorities of the Member State concerned. Where an application is not made in writing, the time elapsing between the statement of intention and the preparation of a report should be as short as possible'. Applications submitted by persons who are subsequently found to be a subject of a Dublin procedure (Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003) are included in the number of asylum applications. Within the same reference period every person being a subject of asylum application is counted only once, therefore repeat applications are not recorded if the first application has been lodged in the same reference period. However, such a repeat application will be recorded if lodged in a different reference month. It means that the aggregation of the monthly figures may overestimate the number of persons applying for international protection within the aggregated period (quarter or year). In some Member States (MT and DK) due to restrictions of the asylum procedure (e.g. time limits for lodging repeat application) repeat applications may be very rare. Therefore the number of new asylum applicants may equal or almost equal the number of asylum applicants. The number of asylum applicants and the number of first instance decisions during the same reference period differs. This is due to the time lag between the date of asylum application and the date of the decision on asylum application. The duration of this time lag may vary considerably depending on the national asylum procedure and the administrative workload. Asylum application lodged in one reference period may therefore result in a decision in a later period, while some asylum decisions reported for that period may relate to the applications lodged in previous reference periods. 'New asylum applicant' means a person having submitted an application for international protection for the first time. Applications submitted by persons who are subsequently found to be a subject of a Dublin procedure are included in the statistics on new asylum applicants if such persons are also a subject of first asylum application. All Member States are requested to supply these data but their provision is voluntary.
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As persons are counted once only, statistics on new asylum applicants may be used for preparation of annual aggregates. Person being a subject of 'a pending application' means a person who is the subject of application for international protection under consideration by the responsible national authority at the end of the reference period. It includes the number of persons with pending applications at all instances of the administrative and/or judicial procedure. 'Rejected applicant' means a person covered by a first instance decision rejecting an application for international protection, including decisions considering applications as inadmissible or as unfounded and decisions under priority and accelerated procedures, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. 'Person granted refugee status at first instance' means a person covered by a first instance decision granting refugee status, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. Refugee status means status as defined in Art.2 (d) of Directive 2004/83/EC within the meaning of Art.1 of the Geneva Convention relating to the Status of Refugees of 28 July 1951, as amended by the New York Protocol of 31 January 1967. According to the Art.2(c) of that Directive refugee means a third country national who, owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, political opinion or membership of a particular social group, is outside the country of nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country, or a stateless person, who, being outside of the country of former habitual residence for the same reasons as mentioned above, is unable or, owing to such fear, unwilling to return to it. 'Person granted subsidiary protection status at first instance' means a person covered by a first instance decision granting subsidiary protection status, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. Subsidiary protection status means status as defined in Art.2 (f) of Directive 2004/83/EC. According to the Art.2(e) of that Directive a person eligible for subsidiary protection means a third country national or a stateless person who does not qualify as a refugee but in respect of whom substantial grounds have been shown for believing that the person concerned, if returned to his or her country of origin, or in the case of a stateless person, to his or her country of former habitual residence, would face a real risk of suffering serious harm and is unable, or, owing to such risk, unwilling to avail himself or herself of the protection of that country. 'Person granted authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons at first instance' means a person covered by another first instance decision granting authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons under national law concerning international protection, taken by administrative or judicial bodies during the reference period. It includes persons who are not eligible for international protection as currently defined law but are nonetheless protected against removal under the obligations that are imposed on all Member States by international refugee or human rights instruments or on the basis of principles flowing from such instruments. Examples of such categories include persons who are not removable on ill health grounds and unaccompanied minors. 'Dublin procedure' means a procedure according to the Council Regulation (EC) No 343/2003, establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national. ABBREVIATIONS Belgium (BE), Bulgaria (BG), Czech Republic (CZ), Denmark (DK), Germany (DE), Estonia (EE), Ireland (IE), Greece (EL), Spain (ES), France (FR), Croatia (HR), Italy (IT), Cyprus (CY), Latvia (LV), Lithuania (LT), Luxembourg (LU), Hungary (HU), Malta (MT), the Netherlands (NL), Austria (AT), Poland (PL), Portugal (PT), Romania (RO), Slovenia (SI), Slovakia (SK), Finland (FI), Sweden (SE), the United Kingdom (UK), Iceland (IS), Lichtenstein (LI), Norway (NO) and Switzerland (CH). EU ASYLUM POLICY The Directorate-General for Home Affairs (DG HOME) is responsible for developing EU policies on asylum. For more information please see: http://ec.europa.eu/dgs/home-affairs/index_en.htm
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Further information Eurostat website: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat Data on Population and Social conditions, Asylum: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/population/data/database (Select "International Migration and asylum" and "Asylum") Further information about Population and social conditions: http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/population/introduction
European Statistical Data Support: Contact details for this support network can be found on the Eurostat website at: http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/.
Manuscript completed on: 21.03.2014 Data extracted on: 19.03.2014 ISSN 1977-0340 Catalogue number: KS-QA-14-003-EN-N © European Union, 2014
