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.
Statistics Iceland Borgartúni 21a 150 Reykjavík Iceland
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
8 April 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
8 April 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
8 April 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
Not applicable.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2023’.
3.5. Statistical unit
Each person is reported individually.
RI, RO, REDACI, REDACO, RPENI, RPENO, RINFI, RINFO: number of requests;
RESI, RESO: number of responses;
DUNI, DI, DO, DEDACI, DEDACO: number of decisions;
TI, TO, TPENI, TPENI: number of transfers.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.7. Reference area
Iceland
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
Act No. 163/2007, on Statistics Iceland and Official Statistics.
Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
The Directorate of Immigration in Iceland sends data annually to Statistics Iceland on all Dublin communications that are sent between Iceland and other Member States.
Regulation (EU) 2019/1700 of the European Parliament and of the Council.
Act No. 163/2007, on Statistics Iceland and Official Statistics.
8.1. Release calendar
The data has been published domestically by Statistics Iceland.
8.2. Release calendar access
Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access
Not applicable.
Reported annually to Eurostat.
10.1. Dissemination format - News release
Not available.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
News releases and statistical updates in 2024.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database
Not available.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations
Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
Statistics Iceland only grants access to confidential data for certified scientific research purposes or for collaboration with international institutions within the European Statistical System (ESS). Strict conditions have been put into place for access to confidential data in both cases. Before access is authorised, direct identities are removed from the data and indirect identities either removed or concealed as is possible while maintaining the utmost data security. It is possible to apply for access to Statistics Iceland’s micro-data online: Data for scientific research
10.5. Dissemination format - other
The data on Dublin statistics is submitted to Eurostat, in accordance with Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council, through the EDAMIS4 data transmission system.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations
Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology
See 'Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics' in annexes.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate
Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation
See 'Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics' in annexes.
11.1. Quality assurance
Once the tables have been processed, they are sent to the Directorate of Immigration, our contact there reviews the results and approves before it is sent to Eurostat.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Statistics Iceland has its own quality management system which is based on the principles of the European statistical cooperation (code of practice) and the UNECE business process model in statistical production (GSBPM; generic statistical business process model).
12.1. Relevance - User Needs
Not available.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
Approximately 95%.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Numbers of decisions reported under the category "Sovereignty clause" are known to be inaccurate. When the decision in those cases is made, it is not registered in the system as a Sovereignty clause case, but an exclusion method must be used to approach the number.
Work is currently underway to improve the registration system for the AMM data, and the registrations of unilateral decisions will be of priority in that work.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Errors in recording are unavoidable. The Directory of Immigration has initiated work with the aim of improving inhouse processes for data recording intended to decrease the rate of errors.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Numbers of decisions reported under the category "Sovereignty clause" are known to be inaccurate.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
No known measurement error.
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
Errors in recording are unavoidable. The Directory of Immigration has initiated work with the aim of improving processes for data recording intended to decrease the rate of errors.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not applicable.
14.1. Timeliness
The time lag between the end of the reference year and preliminary results is around 2.5 months.
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
Not applicable.
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
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not applicable.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
Not applicable, no sub annual statistics.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Consistent.
There is no extra burden or cost for the individuals reported in the data. The main cost in is processing and analysing the data which falls on the directory of immigration and Statistics Iceland, mostly in ensuring data quality and harmonizing measures.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Revision is not planned for the data.
If errors are found in the source data, or subsequent processing and analysis, the data will be corrected.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
The Directory of Immigration sends the Dublin data annually.
18.3. Data collection
The source data is collected by The Directory of Immigration.
All relevant text is selected from drop-down lists in the system that the Directory of Immigration uses, therefore there are no typing errors. However, there is no garentee that the correct text has always been chosen.
An employee of the Directory of Immigration reviews all necessary fields to ensure they are filled in before sending the data to Statictics Iceland.
18.4. Data validation
Special care is made to ensure data consistency and to count individuals only once. The results are also validated by an automatic process available as a part of Eurostat’s data submission portal (EDAMIS).
When the results have been analyzed they are compared to results from previous years to ensure quality.
18.5. Data compilation
The data is sent annually from The Directorate of Immigration to Statistics Iceland. The data is processed, and analysis is done using the statistical program R.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate
Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment
Data compilation is adjusted according to any changes in Eurostat´s code of practice, which are specified in technical guidelines.
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)
8 April 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2023’.
Each person is reported individually.
RI, RO, REDACI, REDACO, RPENI, RPENO, RINFI, RINFO: number of requests;
RESI, RESO: number of responses;
DUNI, DI, DO, DEDACI, DEDACO: number of decisions;
TI, TO, TPENI, TPENI: number of transfers.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Iceland
Calendar year.
Numbers of decisions reported under the category "Sovereignty clause" are known to be inaccurate. When the decision in those cases is made, it is not registered in the system as a Sovereignty clause case, but an exclusion method must be used to approach the number.
Work is currently underway to improve the registration system for the AMM data, and the registrations of unilateral decisions will be of priority in that work.
Number of persons.
The data is sent annually from The Directorate of Immigration to Statistics Iceland. The data is processed, and analysis is done using the statistical program R.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Reported annually to Eurostat.
The time lag between the end of the reference year and preliminary results is around 2.5 months.
Not applicable.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
