National Statistics Office publishes statistics on asylum and reception for 2025

On World Refugee Day, the National Statistics Office published the following statistics for 2025:

• In 2025, the International Protection Agency (IPA) received 545 first and repeat applications for asylum – a decrease of 22.3 per cent over the previous year.
• In total the IPA granted protection to 198 persons in 2025, while 303 applications were rejected at first instance.
• By the end of 2025, there were 1,415 asylum decisions pending at first or final instance decision. This represented a decrease of 5.5 per cent compared to the previous year.
• In 2025, Malta issued 355 temporary protection decisions.
• The population residing in open centres at end 2025 was 211, increasing by 9.3 per cent over the previous year.