Gender/age breakdown of the total number of applicants: (2023) Children Adults Men Women Number 47,406 16,806 Number Percentage 73.82% 26.17% Percentage Accompanied Unaccompanied 49,581 11,694 2,937 77.21% 18.21% 4.57% Source: MoMA, Factsheet - December 2023, available at: https://bit.ly/3zjCd8o. Note: The gender breakdown (Men/Women) applies to all applicants, not only adults. Comparison between first instance and appeal decision rates: 2023 It should be noted that, during the same year, the first instance and appeal authorities handle different caseloads. Thus, the decisions below do not concern the same applicants. First instance Appeal Number Percentage Number Percentage Total number of decisions 32,529 100% 7,605 100% Positive decisions 24,936 76.65% 886 11.65% 24,345 74.84% 655 8.61% 591 1.81% 222 2.91% - - 9 0.11% 7,593 23.34% 6,719 88.34% • Refugee status • Subsidiary protection • 4 Other Negative decisions Source: MoMA, Factsheet - December 2023, available at: https://bit.ly/3zjCd8o. * Numbers above refer to in merits Decisions in the case of first instance decisions. In the case of Appeals, given no relevant breakdown is provided, data concerns the total number and outcome of appeals against both first instance in-merit negative decisions and against first instance inadmissibility decisions. 4 Other positive Decisions on second instance refers to second instance Decisions rejecting the Appeal submitted against a first instance Decision not granting refugee protections but finding that the applicant should be recognized as a beneficiary of subsidiary protection, by which the status of the beneficiary of subsidiary protection is maintained. 11