Asylum applications in Europe - origins and destinations

The ribbons' sizes are proportional to the number of asylum applications by country of origin and destination. Destination countries connected to countries of origin by thick ribbons have registered more asylum seekers than countries with thinner ribbons.

Jan – Sept 2015: 849,070 asylum applications

source: Eurostat | code: parsetR | swissinfo.ch

How to read this graphic
Move your mouse over the graphic to read more about the data. If you scroll over the countries (at the top or at the bottom) with your mouse, you will see the total number of asylum applications by country and the percentage share of all applications this represents. If you scroll over a ribbon, you will see the number of asylum applications by country of origin and destination. The order of countries shown can be rearranged by clicking, holding and dragging. They can also be sorted alphabetically (by clicking ‘alpha’) or by size (‘size’).