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Number of accepted grants of asylum in Spain from 2008-2016

Annual number of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Spain from 2008 to 2016

The data displays the annual growth figures of successful grants of asylum for refugees in Spain from 2008 until 2016. Comparing 2008 to 2016, there has been an overall increase of almost 6.6 thousand refugees successfully qualifying for asylum in Spain. The peak was in 2016 at approx. 6.9 thousand. Since 2008 Spain has accepted a total of 12,745 refugees.

2008 275
2009 350
2010 610
2011 990
2012 525
2013 535
2014 1585
2015 1020
2016 6855