Statistics Overview of statistical practice Monthly statistics on asylum applications and first instance decisions are published by the Asylum Service, 1 including a breakdown per main nationalities. Since the last months of 2016, the Asylum Service also publishes statistics on the application of the Dublin Regulation in its monthly reports. However, as of 2016 these reports no longer mention the number of asylum applications lodged from detention. Applications and granting of protection status at first instance: 2017 Total Applicants in Pending at end Refugee status 2017 2017 58,661 36,340 9,323 Subsidiary protection 1,041 Rejection Refugee rate Subs. Prot. rate Rejection rate 12,149 41.4% 4.6% 54% 20 5,613 521 492 1,596 799 249 15 557 : 99.5% 1.9% 56.7% 54.9% 0.2% 3.2% 58.1% 96.1% 0% : 0.1% 0.3% 19.5% 21.7% 0% 0.1% 1.6% 0.6% 0% : 0.4% 97.8% 23.8% 23.4% 99.8% 96.7% 40.3% 3.3% 100% : Breakdown by countries of origin of the total numbers Syria Pakistan Iraq Afghanistan Albania Bangladesh Iran Palestine Georgia Egypt 16,396 8,923 7,924 7,567 2,450 1,383 1,316 1,311 1,107 970 9,105 4,749 6,549 5,146 : : : : : : 4,806 111 1,245 1,152 3 26 360 442 0 : 1 16 428 455 0 1 10 3 0 : Source: Asylum Service, Asylum Statistics, December 2017; Information provided on 15 February 2018. 1 Asylum Service, Statistical data, available at: http://asylo.gov.gr/en/?page_id=110. 8