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ATLAS OF MIGRATION 2020 / MIGRATION IN THE EUROPEAN UNION
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DEMOGRAPHY [at 1st January] (Eurostat)
OVERVIEW [at 1st January] (Eurostat)RESIDENCE PERMITS (Eurostat)
ASYLUM [1st Instance] (Eurostat)
SCHENGEN VISAS (MigrationandHomeAairs) IRREGULAR MIGRATION (Eurostat)
Population - 2019 (in thousands)
Thelargerdonutchartshowsthenumberofpeopleresidinginthe
MSbybroadgroupofcitizenship.Thegroupsare‘Nationals’,‘EU
Mobile’,‘Non-EU’(whichincludesalso‘Stateless’and‘Unknown’).
Thetotalpopulationofthecountryisinthecentre.
Annualows-2018(inthousands)
Thetwosmallerchartsshowthescaleofmigrationtoandfrom
theMS.Thetopchartshowsthenumberofpeoplewhohave
immigratedtotheMSoverthelastyear.‘WithinEU’immigration
referstopeoplewhoarecitizensofotherEUMSs.‘OutsideEU’
immigrationreferstonon-EUcitizens.
Thebottomchartshowsthenumberofpeoplewhohaveemigrated
fromtheMSoverthelastyear,movingtoanotherMS(‘within
EU’)ortoanon-EUcountry/territory(‘outsideEU’).Thetotal
numbersofimmigrantsandemigrantsareinthecentreofeach
respectivechart.
First residence permits issued during the year
Thetopchartshowsthenumberofpeoplewhohavereceiveda
particularresidencepermitforthersttimeduringayear,forthe
lastfouryears(annualowofresidentpermits).Thereasonsfor
issuingpermitsare‘Work’,‘Family’,‘Education’or‘Other’(which
includesinternationalprotection).
Valid residence permits at the end of the year
Thebottomchartshowsthenumberofmigrantsresidinginthe
MSwithdierenttypesofresidencepermitsandwithpermits
thatarevalidforatleastveyears(nationalandEUlongterm
residencepermits).Thisshowsthetotalnumberofpermitsheldby
peopleinthecountryattheendofthereferenceyear(themigrant
stock).Thereasonsforvalidpermitsarethesamelistedabove.
Visas applied for, issued and not issued (in thousands)
EachdonutchartshowsthepercentageofSchengenvisasissued
andnotissuedperyear.Thenumberinthecentreshowsthetotal
numberofvisasappliedforduringeachyear.
Thegurereferstothesumofuniformvisas(includingMEVs),
LTVs,andATVs.Fordetaileddescription,seeTechnicalNotes.
NotethatforRomania,Bulgaria&CroatiathedataonLTVvisas
is missing.
Persons ordered to leave, persons returned and return rate
Thebarshowsthenumberofpeoplewhohavebeen‘Ordered
toleave’theMSandthecircleshowsthose‘Returnedtoathird
country/territory’followinganordertoleaveperyear.
Return rate
Thereturnrateontherightiscalculatedastheratiobetweenthe
numberofpeoplereturnedtoathirdcountry/territoryfollowing
anordertoleaveandthepeoplewhoreceivedanordertoleave.
Sinceitiscalculatedonannualdata,itmightresulthigherthan
100,becauseofadministrativebacklogs.
First time applications
ThechartshowsthenumberofpeoplewhohavemadearstapplicationforasylumintheMSduringayear.Thedatacoversthe
lastyearsandisbrokendownbysex.
Thetotalannualgureisshownontheright.
First instance decisions
ThechartshowsthedistributionofdecisionsonrstasylumapplicationsintheMSbyoutcome:
‘Geneva’for‘Genevaconventionstatus’;‘Subsid.’for‘Subsidiaryprotection’;‘Human.’for‘Humanitarianprotection’;
and‘Reject.’for‘Rejectedapplication’.
Thetotalnumberofdecisionsonrstapplicationsforasylumduringayearisshownontheright.
Thissectioncoverseachofthe27EUMemberStates(MS).
The charts are organised in thematic parts. More detailed
informationisavailableintheTechnicalNotesattheendof
thissection.
Thedatarefersto2019.Ifthedatafor2019isnotavailable
fromtheoriginalsource,thecorrespondingeldiseithermissing
orindicatedas‘N/A’.Whenever2019dataisnotavailablefor
anentirethematicpart,thelatestavailablevaluesareprovided.
Notethatinsomecases,thesumofpercentagesorofindividual
valuesmightnotaddupto100ortothetotalvalue.Thisisdue
toroundingandcondenceintervals.
Population pyramid - 2019 (in thousand)
Thechartshowsthedemographiccompositionofthepopulation
intheMS.Itindicatesthenumberofpeoplebyagegroup,sex
(malesandfemales)andbroadgroupofcitizenship(shownfrom
theoutsidetotheinsideofthepyramid),specically‘Nationals’
(citizensoftheMS),‘EUMobile’(citizensoftheother26MSs)and
‘Non-EU’citizens(whichincludesalso‘Stateless’and‘Unknown’).
TheoriginalEurostatdataisorganisedinve-yearcohortsand
hasbeenaggregatedtoobtainten-yearcohorts.Thedatarefers
tothepopulationasof1stJanuary.
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