Press Release: EU Member States granted protection to more than 100,000 asylum seekers in 2012

The EU27 Member States granted protection to 102,700 asylum seekers in 2012, compared with 84,300 in 2011. In 2012, the highest number of persons granted protection status was registered in Germany (22,200), followed by Sweden (15,300), the United Kingdom (14,600) and France (14,300). All together, these four Member States accounted for nearly two thirds of all those granted protection status in the EU27.