Asylum in UE: statistiche Eurostat

The EU27 Member States granted protection to 76 300 asylum seekers in 2008.

The largest groups of beneficiaries of protection status1 in the EU27 were citizens of Iraq (16 600 persons or 22% of the total number of persons granted protection status), Somalia (9 500 or 12%), Russia (7 400 or 10%), Afghanistan (5 000 or 7%) and Eritrea (4 600 or 6%).

Nearly 30% of EU27 asylum decisions at the first instance resulted in protection status

In 2008, 281 100 decisions on asylum applications were made in the EU27, of which 209 200 were first instance decisions and 71 900 final decisions on appeal. At the first instance5 59 300 persons were granted protection status, and 17 000 received a final positive decision6 on appeal. The rate of recognition of asylum applicants, i.e. the share of positive decisions in the total number of decisions, was 28% in the first instance and 24% for final decisions. Of the 76 300 persons who were granted protection status, 40 000 persons were granted refugee status, 25 500 subsidiary protection and 10 800 granted authorisation to stay for humanitarian reasons

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