---
title: "Appendix A: Asylum applications 1985 through 2015"
description: "[![Number of asylum applications to Europe by country and year](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/08/PGM_2016.08.02_Europe-Asylum-16.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/appendix-a-asylum-applications-1985-through-2015/pgm_2016-08-02_europe-asylum-16-png/)"
date: "2016-08-02"
authors:
  - name: "Phillip Connor"
url: "https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/appendix-a-asylum-applications-1985-through-2015/"
categories:
  - "Uncategorized"
---

# Appendix A: Asylum applications 1985 through 2015

[![Number of asylum applications to Europe by country and year](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/08/PGM_2016.08.02_Europe-Asylum-16.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/appendix-a-asylum-applications-1985-through-2015/pgm_2016-08-02_europe-asylum-16-png/)

[![Number of asylum applications to Europe by country and year, continued](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/08/PGM_2016.08.02_Europe-Asylum-17.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/appendix-a-asylum-applications-1985-through-2015/pgm_2016-08-02_europe-asylum-17-png/)

[![Number of asylum applications to Europe by country and year, continued](https://www.pewresearch.org/wp-content/uploads/sites/20/2016/08/PGM_2016.08.02_Europe-Asylum-18.png?w=640){.aligncenter width=400}](https://www.pewresearch.org/global/2016/08/02/appendix-a-asylum-applications-1985-through-2015/pgm_2016-08-02_europe-asylum-18-png/)

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