The total number of asylum applications in Denmark peaked in the fourth quarter of 2015, when almost 12,000 applications were registered. Since the second quarter of 2016, the number has usually been between 500 and 1,000 registered applications. Stricter asylum policies, for instance a recently implemented law making it possible to send asylum applicants to a non-EU country while the application is being processed, have had an impact on the number of asylum seekers in the country. Moreover, the COVID-19 pandemic has also reduced the number of applications as travel restrictions have made it more difficult for asylum seekers to come to Denmark. The Danish government has a target of zero asylum applications.
Quarterly number of asylum applications in Denmark from Q1 2015 to Q4 2022
Characteristic
Number of applications
2022 Q4
276
2022 Q3
194
2022 Q2
178
2022 Q1
330
2021 Q4
442
2021 Q3
338
2021 Q2
198
2021 Q1
424
2020 Q4
207
2020 Q3
168
2020 Q2
90
2020 Q1
291
2019 Q4
705
2019 Q3
483
2019 Q2
414
2019 Q1
653
2018 Q4
847
2018 Q3
1,105
2018 Q2
776
2018 Q1
831
2017 Q4
876
2017 Q3
1,009
2017 Q2
873
2017 Q1
742
2016 Q4
919
2016 Q3
1,055
2016 Q2
1,255
2016 Q1
3,037
2015 Q4
11,539
2015 Q3
5,633
2015 Q2
2,555
2015 Q1
1,588
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Statistics Denmark. (February 17, 2023). Quarterly number of asylum applications in Denmark from Q1 2015 to Q4 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved November 26, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/575213/quarterly-number-of-asylum-applications-in-denmark/
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