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Overview of statistical practice

Monthly statistics are published by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum,^[1] however detailed data on breakdown are only scarcely included.

Applications and granting of protection status at first and second instance: figures for 2025

Source: MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://migration.gov.gr/statistika/, Tables 7d, 11c.

Note 1: statistics on applicants and pending concern people, including children and dependents. The rest of the columns concern number of decisions.

Note 2: Statistics on decisions cover the decisions taken throughout the year, regardless of whether they concern applications lodged that year or in previous years.

Note 3: These exclude inadmissibility decisions (see Admissibility procedure) and implicit and explicit withdrawals, and archived cases. Ibid. Table 8a.

Note 4: Data on status recognition by nationality concern both first and second instance.

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: rates for 2025

The MoMA presents an overall protection rate at first instance of 58.33%,[8] but there is no information as to the methodology used to calculate the rates.[9]

According to calculations made on the basis of the data provided in the table above, the in-merit protection rate at first instance would be as follows: 64.3% refugee protection and 6.3% subsidiary protection.[10]

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2025

Source: MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://migration.gov.gr/statistika/, Tables 7e, 7f.

Note: The gender breakdown (Men/Women) applies to all applicants, not only adults.

Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2025

It should be noted that, during the same year, the first instance and appeal authorities handle different caseloads. Thus, the decisions below do not concern the same applicants.

The MoMA presents an overall protection rate at second instance of 4.34%[11].[12]

According to calculations made on the basis of the data provided in the table below, the in-merit protection rate at second instance would be as follows: 4.7% refugee protection and 1.8% subsidiary protection.

Source: MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://tinyurl.com/26ynfarp Tables 8a and 8b.

[1] MoMA, Statistics, available at: https://bit.ly/3OFlP83.

[2] These refer to total applications, with 55,381 first time applications and 6,248 subsequent applications. MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://tinyurl.com/26ynfarp, Table 7c.

[3] Ibid, Table 10a.

[4]  Of which 12,046 concerned Acts of Interruption (implicit withdrawal), 595 explicit withdrawals, and 160 archived cases, while 3,709 concerned inadmissibility decisions on subsequent applications. Ibid, Table 8a.

[5 This figure excludes “negative 1^st instance (implicit withdrawals)” as shown in MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://tinyurl.com/26ynfarp, Table 8a.

[6] Includes also inadmissibility decisions. Does not include implicit and explicit withdrawals and archived cases.

[7] Of which 2,749 are rejections as unfounded, 54 are exclusion from refugee status, and 8,328 are negative decisions after the examination through an accelerated procedure.

[8] MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://tinyurl.com/26ynfarp Table 11g.

[9] Manual calculations of the data presented by the MoMA appear to show that, to calculate the total number of decisions, the MoMA takes into account all types of decisions taken (45,840), including inadmissibility decisions and explicit/implicit withdrawals, but excluding those related to the Dublin procedure (1,768).

[10] To calculate these figures, the positive decisions are compared to the total in-merit decisions (i.e., 37,868 – see above).

[11] MoMA, Statistics: Consolidated Reports – Overview, December 2025 – International Protection | Appendix A, available at: https://tinyurl.com/26ynfarp Table 11g.

[12] Manual calculations of the data presented by the MoMA appear to show that, to calculate the total number of decisions, the MoMA takes into account all types of decisions taken on appeal (10,219), including regarding inadmissibility decisions and explicit/implicit withdrawals, but exclusing those related to the Dublin procedure (162).

[13] This figure does not include implicit withdrawals (52).

[14] Other positive decisions on second instance refers to second instance decisions rejecting the appeal submitted against a first instance decision not granting refugee protections but finding that the applicant should be recognised as a beneficiary of subsidiary protection, by which the status of the beneficiary of subsidiary protection is maintained (28). It also includes positive decisions regarding appeals against decision revoking/non-renewing status (19).

[15] Of which 2,749 rejections were declared unfounded, 54 rejections based on Article 12 (exclusion) Directive 2011/95/EU, 3,799 archived cases, and 8,328 in the context of accelerated procedures.

[16] Of which 1,567 were rejected on the merits, 1 rejected as unfounded, 1,526 rejected as manifestly unfounded, 3,154 rejected as manifestly unfounded due to the safe country of origin concept, 37 based on Article 12 (exclusion) Directive 2011/95/EU, and 51 rejecting an appeal against status revoction / non-renewal status.