Statistics Overview of statistical practice Monthly statistics are published by the Ministry of Migration and Asylum,1 however detailed data on breakdown per nationalities are not included. Moreover, percentage of recognition/rejection rate is calculated on the basis of the total number of decisions (including inadmissible decisions, implicit withdrawals, archived cases, etc.) having as a result a certain underestimation of the international protection recognition rate compared to the actual recognition rate based on the in-merits decision issued. Applications and granting of protection status at first instance in 2023: Total Applicants in 2023 Pending at end of 2023 64,2122 29,885 Total decisions Total in merit Total rejection in 2023 decisions 41,4303 32,529 16,494 In merit rejection 7,593 Refugee status Subsidiary protection 24,345 591 6,357 6,009 5,181 2,699 784 828 279 1,079 34 91 25 2 91 2 27 318 Humanitarian protection Abolished by Article 20 L. 4825/2021 Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers Palestine Afghanistan Iraq Syria Somalia Eritrea DR Congo Pakistan Türkiye Egypt Other 6,736 9,488 6,455 14,015 2,935 1,826 1,528 4,077 2,714 2,498 11,940 - - - - - Source: MoMA, Factsheet - December 2023, available at: https://bit.ly/3zjCd8o. 1 2 3 MoMA, Statistics, available at: https://bit.ly/3OFlP83. 57,891 fist time applicants, 6,321 subsequent applications, MoMA, Factsheet - December 2023, available at: https://bit.ly/3zjCd8o. There are also 9,938 Acts of Interruption (implicit withdrawal) and 946 explicit withdrawals and archived applications, MoMA, Factsheet - December 2023, idib. 9 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a