Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Ministry of the Interior - Directorate for Immigration, Citizenship and Administrative Affairs; Sector for Aliens and International Protection; International Protection Service
Croatian Bureau of Statistics - Demographic and Social Statistics Directorate, Population Statistics Department
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Ministry of the Interior
Vukovarska 33
10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
Croatian Bureau of Statistics
Ilica 3
10000 ZAGREB, CROATIA
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
7 May 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
7 May 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
7 May 2025
3.1. Data description
Data collection on Dublin statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACO);
Pending ‘Dublin’ incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENI);
Pending ‘Dublin’ outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFO);
Incoming responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESI);
Outgoing responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESO);
Unilateral ‘Dublin’ decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant (DUNI);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DO);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TO);
Pending incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENI);
Pending outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENO).
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Dublin statistics.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Number of persons.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.7. Reference area
Territory of the Republic of Croatia.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons.
Calendar year.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
The Act on International and Temporary Protection (Official Gazzette, Nos 70/15, 127/17, 33/23 and 17/25), defines the principles, conditions and procedures for the approval of international and temporary protection, as well as the status of applicants for and beneficiaries of international protection (asylum, subsidiary protection and temporary protection). It further regulates their rights and obligations.
This Act aligns Croatian legislation with the European Union directives.
We are using EUAA, EUROSTAT and FRONTEX regulations and guidelines in delivering statistics.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
The Croatian Bureau of Statistics is the national statistical authority having the responsibility for coordinating all activities at national level for the development, production and dissemination of European statistics.
The Ministry of the Interior is the administrative source of statistics covered by the Regulation 862/2007 on Community Statistics on Migration and International Protection.
The Croatian Bureau of Statistics is the official contact point for Eurostat regarding the AMM statistics, and all datasets transferred to Eurostat are produced by the Ministry of the Interior.
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
The Croatian Bureau of Statistics, as the main producer, disseminator and coordinator of the official statistics system of the Republic of Croatia, continuously provides quality, objective and timely statistical data to all users, while applying the principle of statistical confidentiality as one of the fundamental principles of official statistics.
Quality guidelines, training courses, the use of best practices, quality reviews, self-assessments, compliance monitoring.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
DUBLIN statistics in Croatia are mainly based on administrative sources. The Republic of Croatia is following the requirements of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and the quality of the data may be assessed as Very good.
The data relevance can be assessed as Very good according to frequent informal and formal communication and feedback from users.
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Produced statistics are regularly used by national administrations, academic researchers and civil society groups working on a wide range of topics including the integration of immigrants, the development and monitoring of national asylum and immigration procedures, and the projection of the future population and labour force.
At European level, the main users of these statistics are regularly Eurostat and DG Migration and Home Affairs. These statistics are used in several publications of the Commission, as well as in the preparation of regular reports, policy proposals and analysis. The statistics also provide an input to the European Migration Network (EMN) studies and reports that address specific issues of current policy importance.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not applicable.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Not applicable.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Missing files for the reference year 2023 are result of collapsed Dublin database (Excel) in 2023. Due to increased workload and personnel shortage that still persist during 2024, quality of entered data has declined.
It is highly erroneous and it was not possible to extract the requested datasets.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not applicable.
13.3.1. Coverage error
There are no discrepancies from Eurostat target population.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Possible errors in the data may be influenced by the human factor and the way data are entered.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not applicable.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.4. Processing error
Possible errors in the data may be influenced by the human factor and the way data are entered.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
Croatia is trying to transmit DUBLIN statistics within the required data delivery deadline after the end of the reference period, within 3 months after the end of the reference year.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not applicable.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Dublin statistics are coherent.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Currently, it is to be expected that the data for the reference year 2023 will be revised.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Annually.
18.3. Data collection
1. Input data:
Expressing intention to apply for international protection (at the border, police station, etc.) – registration with basic information + fingerprints.
Status of asylum seeker and obligation to report in Reception Centre for asylum seekers (they should lodge an application for international protection within 15 days from expressed intention).
Lodging an application for international protection (at the Reception Centre).
Carrying out the Dublin/Eurodac check.
Registration of Dublin cases.
2. The above raw data stored on an electronic database and on paper-records.
3. The data extracted from the national asylum system - electronic extraction from database, manually entered in the Excel templates provided by Eurostat and transformed into csv.
18.4. Data validation
Inconsistency check:
using the Excel templates provided by Eurostat,
visual confirmation of data by an expert.
18.5. Data compilation
Not applicable.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
All data are from the same source, the Ministry of Interior. The data are processed as they are noted – without any estimation, changes or adjustment.
Data collection on Dublin statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACO);
Pending ‘Dublin’ incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENI);
Pending ‘Dublin’ outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFO);
Incoming responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESI);
Outgoing responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESO);
Unilateral ‘Dublin’ decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant (DUNI);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DO);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TO);
Pending incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENI);
Pending outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENO).
7 May 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Number of persons.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Territory of the Republic of Croatia.
Calendar year.
Missing files for the reference year 2023 are result of collapsed Dublin database (Excel) in 2023. Due to increased workload and personnel shortage that still persist during 2024, quality of entered data has declined.
It is highly erroneous and it was not possible to extract the requested datasets.
Number of persons.
Not applicable.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
DUBLIN statistics pursuant to Technical Guidelines of EUROSTAT are disseminated annualy only through Eurostat.
Croatia is trying to transmit DUBLIN statistics within the required data delivery deadline after the end of the reference period, within 3 months after the end of the reference year.
Statistics are comparable between geographical areas.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
