Eurostat news release: EU Member States granted protection to 84.100 asylum seekers in 2011
On the occasion of the World Refugee Day on 20 June 2012, the statistical office of the European Union releases data on the results of asylum decisions in the EU 27.
The EU27 Member States granted protection to 84 100 asylum seekers in 2011 compared with 75 800 in 2010. The largest groups of beneficiaries of protection status1 in the EU27 were citizens of Afghanistan (13 300 persons or 16% of the total number of persons granted protection status), Iraq (9 000 or 11%) and Somalia (8 900 or 11%).
Other conclusions include:
- One quarter of EU27 asylum decisions at the first instance resulted in protection status
- More than three quarters of grants of protection status in the EU27 made in the United Kingdom, Germany, France, Sweden, the Netherlands and Italy
- Afghans, Iraqis and Somalis largest groups granted protection status in the EU27
More data and tables are to be found in the press release.