Statistics

Greece

Country Report: Statistics Last updated: 08/06/23

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Overview of statistical practice

Monthly statistics are published by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum,[1] however detailed data on breakdown per nationalities are not included. Moreover, percentage of recognition/rejection rate is calculated on the basis of the total number of Decision (including inadmissible decision, implicit withdrawals, archived cases etc.) having as a result a certain underestimation of the international protection recognition rate compared to the actual recognition rate based on the in-merits decision issued.

 

Applications and granting of protection status at first instance in 2022:

  Applicants in 2022 Pending applications at the end of 2022 Refugee status Subsidiary protection Rejection (in merit)[2] Refugee rate Sub. Prot. rate Rejection rate
Total 37,362 17,249[3] 18,730 513 11,643 55.8% 1.6% 37.6%
 

Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers

 

Afghanistan 5,624 6,677 3 27 99.5% 0.04% 0.4%
Syria 5,050 3,377 0 25 99.2% 0% 0.73%
Pakistan 4,572 101 16 2,726 3.5% 0.56% 95.8%
Palestine 2,907 1,984 20 8 98.6% 0.99% 0.39%
Iraq 2,671 2,098 54 488 79.4% 2.04% 18.48%

Source: MoMA, Factsheet December 2022, https://bit.ly/3ka1evV and https://bit.ly/3kgmy2K.

 

Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: 2022

  Number Percentage
Total number of applicants 37,362 100%
Adult men 22,337 59.78%
Adult women 5,362 14.35%
Total children 9,663 25.86%
  • Unaccompanied children
2,865 7.67%

Source: MoMA, Factsheet December 2022, https://bit.ly/3ka1evV and https://bit.ly/3kgmy2K.

 

Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2022

  First instance Appeal
  Number Percentage Number Percentage
Total number of decisions 30,886 100% 8,939 100%
Positive decisions 16,588 57.4% 1,050 11.74%
  • Refugee status
18,730 55.8% 656 7.33%
  • Subsidiary protection
513 1.6% 394 4.04%
Negative decisions 11,643 37.6% 7,883 88.18%

Source: MoMA, Factsheet December 2022, https://bit.ly/3ka1evV and https://bit.ly/3kgmy2K.

 

 

 

[1] See: https://bit.ly/3OFlP83.

[2] These include applications rejected as unfounded, manifestly unfounded and exclusion. In addition, in 2022 there were 12,559 applications for which an act of interruption was issued due to due to implicit withdrawal. Furthermore, there were 8,962 inadmissibility decisions, including 3,601 based on the safe third country concept.

[3] The number refers to pending applications at first instance at the end of 2022. The total number of pending applications (first and second instance) at the end of 2022 was 22,316.

Table of contents

  • Statistics
  • Overview of the legal framework
  • Overview of the main changes since the previous report update
  • Asylum Procedure
  • Reception Conditions
  • Detention of Asylum Seekers
  • Content of International Protection
  • ANNEX I – Transposition of the CEAS in national legislation