The data displays the number of accepted first instance asylum applications in Europe in 2016, broken down by country. In 2016, Germany accepted the biggest number of asylum seekers with 433,905. Sweden and Italy accepted the second and third most respectively, with these three countries being the only ones to accept over 35 thousand applicants.
Germany | 433905 |
Sweden | 66585 |
Italy | 35405 |
Austria | 30370 |
France | 28755 |
Netherlands | 20810 |
Belgium | 15045 |
Switzerland | 13185 |
Norway | 12775 |
United Kingdom | 9935 |
Denmark | 7125 |
Finland | 7070 |
Spain | 6855 |
Greece | 2715 |
Bulgaria | 1350 |
Cyprus | 1300 |
Malta | 1190 |
Romania | 805 |
Luxembourg | 765 |
Ireland | 485 |
Czech Republic | 435 |
Hungary | 430 |
Portugal | 320 |
Poland | 305 |
Slovakia | 210 |
Lithuania | 195 |
Slovenia | 170 |
Latvia | 135 |
Estonia | 130 |
Croatia | 100 |
Iceland | 95 |
Liechtenstein | 40 |