European Union Asylum Statistics

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Date published
18 Apr 2018
Publisher
Eurostat
Type
Websites
Keywords
Forced displacement and migration
Organisations
European Union

This article describes recent developments in relation to numbers of asylum applicants and decisions on asylum applications in the European Union (EU). Asylum is a form of international protection given by a state on its territory. It is granted to a person who is unable to seek protection in his/her country of citizenship and/or residence, in particular for fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.