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)