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Overview of statistical practice
Contrary to the previous year, data have been all collected from Eurostat Database.
Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: year 2022
| Applicants in 2022 | Pending at end 2022 | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Special protection[1] | Rejection | Refugee rate | Sub. Prot. rate | Special protection rate | Rejection rate | |
| Total | 77,200 | 84,290 | 7610 | 7205 | 10,865 | 27,385 | 14.34% | 13.57% | 20.47% | 51.61% |
* XXX Dublin cases were also pending at the end of the year
** Include inadmissibility decisions
Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers
| Examined (first instance) | Refugee status | Subsidiary protection | Special protection | Rejection | Refugee rate | Subsidiary protection rate | Special protection rate | Rejection rate | ||
| Syria | 385 | 290 | 25 | 5 | 65 | 75.32% | 6.49% | 1.29% | 16.88% | |
| Tunisia* | 2,095 | 110 | 5 | 370 | 1605 | 5.25% | 0.24% | 17.66% | 76.61% | |
| Afghanistan | 4,215 | 3030 | 990 | 15 | 175 | 71.87% | 23.49% | 0.36% | 4.15% | |
| Pakistan | 7,740 | 360 | 915 | 1420 | 5045 | 4.65% | 11.82% | 18.35% | 65.18% | |
| Iraq | 700 | 160 | 350 | 85 | 100 | 22.86% | 50% | 12.14% | 14.29% | |
| Eritrea | 190 | 125 | 40 | 0 | 25 | 65.79% | 21.05% | 0% | 13.16% | |
| Türkiye | 445 | 105 | 20 | 125 | 190 | 23.60% | 4.49% | 28.09% | 42.70% | |
| Somalia | 1,310 | 525 | 695 | 40 | 55 | 40.07% | 53.05% | 3.05% | 4.20% | |
| Egypt | 3,665 | 55 | 15 | 285 | 3310 | 1.50% | 0.40% | 7.78% | 90.31% | |
| Morocco* | 865 | 70 | 10 | 235 | 550 | 8.09% | 1.16% | 27.17% | 63.58% | |
| Ivory Coast | 1,110 | 130 | 65 | 280 | 635 | 11.71% | 5.86% | 25.22% | 57.21% | |
| Guinea | 570 | 35 | 25 | 150 | 360 | 6.14% | 4.39% | 26.32% | 63.16% | |
| Mali | 1,710 | 70 | 720 | 680 | 240 | 4.09% | 42.10% | 39.77% | 14.04% | |
| Nigeria | 5,965 | 750 | 320 | 1310 | 3585 | 12.57% | 5.36% | 21.96% | 60.10% | |
| Senegal* | 1,070 | 35 | 55 | 375 | 605 | 3.27% | 5.14% | 35.04% | 56.54% | |
| El Salvador | 1,020 | 195 | 170 | 355 | 295 | 19.12% | 16.67% | 34.80% | 28.92% | |
| Peru | 840 | 70 | 0 | 325 | 445 | 8.33% | 0% | 38.69% | 52.98% | |
| Venezuela | 705 | 90 | 425 | 100 | 85 | 12.77% | 60.28% | 14.18% | 12.06% | |
| China | 150 | 10 | 0 | 50 | 90 | 6.67% | 0% | 33.33% | 60% | |
| Bangladesh | 7,000 | 120 | 60 | 1440 | 5380 | 1.71% | 0.86% | 20.57% | 76.86% | |
* Designated as a safe country of origin in 2022, which implies the use of accelerated procedures.
Source: EUROSTAT, Migration and asylum, available at https://bit.ly/41BaDfZ.
Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022
| Number | Percentage | |
| Total number of applicants | 84,290 | 100% |
| Men | 67,960 | 80.63% |
| Women | 16,330 | 19.37% |
| Children | N/A | N/A |
| Unaccompanied children | 1,655 | 1.96% |
Source: Eurostat.
Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022
Statistics on appeals are not publicly available.
[1] It is a national form of protection that includes non-refoulement cases – humanitarian grounds protection- cases of family links and integration.