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Accepted asylum applicants in Europe, by country 2016

Number of accepted first instance asylum applicants in Europe in 2016, by country

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