Refugee Distribution in Europe

How are asylum applications distributed across Europe? The following four visualisations present the data from different angles — per capita, in absolute numbers, over time, and as flows between origin and destination countries.

Charts

Asylum applications per capita across European countries

Total asylum applications by European country

Temporal distribution of accepted asylum applications in Europe, 1999–2018

Alluvial diagram showing asylum application flows by origin country, destination country, and decision outcome

Data source

Statistical Office of the European Union — Eurostat (as of July 2018)