'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: National Statistical Institute ; Sofia, Bulgaria


Eurostat metadata
Reference metadata
1. Contact
2. Metadata update
3. Statistical presentation
4. Unit of measure
5. Reference Period
6. Institutional Mandate
7. Confidentiality
8. Release policy
9. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment
Related Metadata
Annexes (including footnotes)



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1. Contact Top
1.1. Contact organisation

National Statistical Institute ; Sofia, Bulgaria
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Population and Housing Fund Statistics Department
1.5. Contact mail address

Not available.


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 30/03/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 30/03/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 30/03/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Bulgaria to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 4.4 (Dublin statistics) of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and International Protection as amended by the Regulation (EU) 2020/851.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007, Member States must report to Eurostat on the data sources used, the reasons for the selection of these sources and the effects of the selected data on the quality of the statistics. Member States shall provide Eurostat with all the information necessary to evaluate the quality, comparability and completeness of the statistical information.

The reference document used for assessing the compliance of the concepts and definitions in this metadata file is the document Dublin statistics - Eurostat Technical guidelines to Dublin statistics (see Annex).
3.1.1. General description and overview of the statistical domain at national level

Dublin statistics contain information based on Article 4.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 with reference to:

  • The number of requests for taking back or taking charge of an asylum seeker or a third-country national.
  • The provisions on which the requests for taking back or taking charge are based.
  • The decisions taken in response to the requests for taking back or taking charge.
  • The number of unilateral decisions taken by Member States to examine the application of an asylum seeker
  • The numbers of transfers to which the decisions taken in response to the requests for taking back or taking charge lead.
  • The number of requests for information and responses on such requests.
3.2. Classification system

See below.
3.2.1. International and national classifications and breakdowns used
Classification Eurostat breakdown National breakdown
Request Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown  Total, Request, Re-examination request, Unknown
Decision on request Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown  Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown
Legal provision (Dublin criteria) Please consult the latest Technical Guidelines documentation (in Annex)  Take charge requests in accordance with art. 8, 9, 10, 11, 12.1, 12.2, 12.3, 12.4, 14, 15, 13.1, 13.2, 16 and 17.2 of the Dublin Regulation;

Take back requests in accordance with art. 18.1.b; 18.1.c, 18.1.d  and art. 20.5;

Requests for information in accordance with art. 6.5, art. 8.6, art. 16.4 and art. 34.5;

Sovereignty clause in accordance with art. 3.2, 17.1 and 29.2.
Duration of transfer Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months  Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months
Duration of response to a request for information Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown  Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown
Sex Total, Males, Females, Unknown  Total, Males, Females, Unknown
Applicant Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown  Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown
3.3. Coverage - sector

Migration and international protection – Dublin statistics
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

See below.
3.4.1. Definitions and discrepancies
Concept / Variable Definition at national level Discrepancy from Eurostat definition
Request For the incoming (resp. outgoing) dataset. Requests to take back to take charge of an asylum applicant or requests for information addressed by the Member States (Partner) to the declaring Member State (Geo) (resp. by the declaring Member State (Geo) to the Member States (Partner)). No
Re-examination request For the incoming (resp. outgoing) dataset. Re-examination requests means a further request to take back/charge of an applicant following the receipt of a negative reply on the original request to the same MS and has to be made within three weeks following the receipt of the negative reply.  No
Request based on Eurodac Number of incoming (resp. incoming accepted, incoming refused, outgoing, outgoing accpeted, outgoing refused) requests based on Eurodac hits.  No
Transfer The transfer of responsibility for the examination of the merits of an application for international protection.  No
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable  Same as Art.3.2.  No
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer  Same as Art.3.2.  No
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented  Same as Art.29.2.  No
3.5. Statistical unit

The text of Art.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 on Migration and international protection refers in general to statistics based on the number of persons and not on the number of applications. However, the article describing the 'Dublin' statistics (Art.4.4) refers to statistics based on the number of requests. Commission services recommend that Art.4.4 (more precisely 4.4.a, 4.4.c and 4.4.d) is interpreted as referring to the number of persons concerned by each request, decision and transfer.
3.6. Statistical population

Third country nationals submitting an application of asylum in the Republic of Bulgaria and who fall within the scope of the Dublin Regulation – to whom there are indications that other EU Member state is responsible for examine the application for international protection.  
3.7. Reference area

Bulgaria.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Data for the incoming requests is available from 2007 onwards. Data for the outgoing requests is available from 2017 onwards. 
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Number (number of requests, number of decisions, number of transfers, etc.)


5. Reference Period Top

2022 Calendar year.


6. Institutional Mandate Top
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Dublin statistics is based on Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) 862/2007 of 11 July 2007.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not applicable.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

All according to Law on Statistics and Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164),which stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
7.1.1. Information on the existence of a national policy for (not) releasing the Dublin data before a certain time after the end of reference period has passed

Not available.
7.1.2. Required confidentiality by law and signed legal confidentiality commitments by survey staff

All according to Law on Statistics and Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics (recital 24 and Article 20(4)) of 11 March 2009 (OJ L 87, p. 164), which stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society.
7.1.3. Potential micro-data access for research purposes by external users and confidentiality provisions applied

Not available.
7.1.4. Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells

Not available.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not available.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not available.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Annual.


10. Accessibility and clarity Top
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not available.
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Not available.
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

Not available.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not available.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not available.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not available.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

Not available.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Article 4.4 of the Regulation (EC) 862/2007 and Article 1.3.d of Regulation (EC) 851/2020.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

100%
10.7. Quality management - documentation

See annexes.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Compilation of data is following the guidelines and instructions provided by Eurostat. Consistency validation checks are performed.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Good quality.
11.2.1. Overall quality assessment, at dataset level

 Dataset

 Quality

Details in case of Sufficient or Poor quality

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

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

 Good quality

 

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

 Good quality

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good quality

 

 

  • Good quality (extensive quality) - all quality requirements are met according to the standard quality criteria and in line with the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex).
  • Sufficient quality (acceptable quality) - minimum quality requirements are met: minor issues exist which need to be improved.
  • Poor quality (inadequate quality) - the data do not meet the minimum quality requirements: important/many issues exist which affect the quality of the data and which need to be solved.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. Relevance - User Needs

The statistics collected under Regulation (EC) 862/2007 are used by a wide range of users at national, European and International level to cover various usersʼ needs.

 

Users of Dublin statistics :

Users of Dublin and Asylum statistics are different interested parties such as:

  • national authorities (Ministries of Interior, Ministries of Justice, Migration agencies) who use Dublin and Asylum data to monitor or project the development of their national asylum procedures;
  • NGOs and international organisations;
  • researchers and students conducting analysis and research in the field of asylum, etc.

Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level) : There aren't any unmet users needs.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not conducted.
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

Dublin data statistics is available by sex, ages, type of applicant (accompanied minor, unaccompanied minor, adult, unknown), citizenship and country of birth.

100% of cells are completed.
12.3.2. Completeness by dataset

Completeness is the extent to which all requested Dublin statistics are provided to Eurostat, according to the data provisions foreseen by Articles 4.4. of Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and by the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex).

 

Dataset

Completeness

Details in case of Incomplete, Not available or Not applicable

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

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

 Complete

 

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

 Complete

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

Complete

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Complete

 

 

  • Complete - The statistics are complete: the dataset and all requested breakdowns are available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Incomplete - The statistics are incomplete: the dataset is available but some of the requested breakdowns are not available, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not available - The statistics are not available: the dataset is not available, that is all the requested breakdowns are missing, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and the Technical Guidelines for the data collection of Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Not applicable - The statistics are Not applicable: the concept/process is not used or it does not exist in the country


13. Accuracy Top
13.1. Accuracy - overall

The accuracy of the data is checked at a national level. There are no discrepancies between the monthly and quarterly data and the aggregated annual data.
13.1.1. Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics by dataset

Accuracy is the closeness of the data to the exact or true values that the statistics were intended to measure. Reliability is the closeness of the initial provided value to the subsequent (revised) value.

 

Assessment of the accuracy of the national Dublin statistics, at dataset level

Dataset

Accuracy

Summary of main sources of error in case of Good/Low/Very low Accuracy

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

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

 Good

 

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

 Good

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 Good

 
  • High = 100 % accuracy. The reported statistics measure accurately the target population, as foreseen by Regulation (EC) 862/2007 (as amended by Regulation (EU) 2020/851) and as defined in the Technical Guidelines for Dublin statistics (Annex)
  • Good = 95 - 99 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a small part of the targeted population is missing, or a small part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be small
  • Low = 80 - 94 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a large part of the targeted population is missing, or a large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be large
  • Very low = less than 80 % accuracy. The reported statistics do not cover accurately the target population and a very large part of the targeted population is missing, or a very large part of non-targeted (erroneous) population is included in the reported statistics; the bias/error in the reported statistics is expected to be very large
13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators

Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error

See below.
13.3.1. Coverage error

See below.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate

See the file ‘Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target populationʼ in annex.



Annexes:
Proportion of units (persons) reported in the statistics that do not belong to the target population
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion

Not applicable.
13.3.1.3. Assessment of potential coverage errors

Dataset

Coverage errors - Discrepancies from Eurostat target population

Summary of main sources of errors in case of errors and/or discrepancies from Eurostat practice

Incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending 'Dublin' incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending 'Dublin' outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Incoming responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing responses to 'Dublin' requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Unilateral 'Dublin' decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on incoming 'Dublin' requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Decisions on outgoing 'Dublin' requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

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

 No

 

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

 No

 

Incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending incoming 'Dublin' transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 No

 

Pending outgoing 'Dublin' transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant

 No

 
13.3.1.4. Average lag of registering (to the national database/register) the following administrative events
Event Lag in number of days Details
An incoming Dublin request from a partner country  5-6 days   
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person  8-10 days  
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person 8-10 days   
13.3.2. Measurement error

See concept 13.3.4 Processing 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

Not applicable.
13.3.5. Model assumption error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctuality Top
14.1. Timeliness

See below concepts 14.1.1 and 14.1.2.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result

- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the first/preliminary data, at the earliest : 

 One month after the end of the reference period.

- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation: Not available
14.1.2. Time lag - final result

- Number of days (on average) after the end of the reference period at which the country is able to report the final data, at the earliest :

 One month after the end of the reference period.

- Reasons for possible long production of the final data and plans to improve the situation : Not available
14.2. Punctuality

Data is released according to the terms.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Data is released according to the terms.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

See below.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient

Not applicable.
15.1.2. Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries

Assessment of possible sources of lack of comparability between countries, due to discrepancies from Eurostat concepts, definitions or due to differences in methods.

 

# Topic Response  Explanatory details and assessment of the magnitude of error (where applicable)
1 Does the country report all persons individually (e.g. in case of families all persons must be reported individually)?  Yes  
2 Does the country report each request/decision/transfer concerning the same person during the same year (even if multiple requests/decisions/transfers are made for the same person during the year)?  Yes  
3 For the data on “Requests based on Eurodac hit” and “Decisions based on Eurodac hit”, does the country report also children below 14 years old who are not fingerprinted?  Yes  
4 In case a request for a person involves more than one partner countries, does the country report all requests it sent/received to/from all the partner countries involved?  Yes  
5 Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, does the country report the data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted?  Yes  
6 Does the country report only successful incoming transfers (i.e. only those where the country has effectively received the person on its territory)?  Yes  
7 Does the country report only successful outgoing transfers (i.e. those for which the country has undertaken all appropriate measures in order to send a transferee to another Member State)?  Yes  
8 Does the country report transfers for cases where the applicant otherwise travelled back to the Member State responsible on its own within the transfer time limits (without the country organizing the actual transfer)?  Yes  
9 Does the country report requests sent/received by mistake (i.e. when the actual partner country should have been different than the one intended)?  Yes  
10 Does the country report a person as adult or minor according to the age of the person at the date of the respective administrative event (e.g. the person was minor at the date of the request, but at the date of transfer the person was not a minor anymore)?  Yes  
11 Does the country carry out the Dublin/Eurodac check before the formal registration of the asylum application?  Yes  
12 For the data of “Article 3.2 first paragraph – Responsible by default: no prior criteria applicable”, does the country report any applicant for which the Dublin criteria do not apply? This means any person who applied for protection in the reporting country, as a first Member State of application, and for whom no Dublin criteria applied for him/her to be taken charge of by another Member State.

 Yes

 
13 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  
14 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  
15 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on incoming requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  
16 Does the country report under the data of “Decisions on outgoing requests bases on Eurodac” positive decisions accepting a request implicitly?  Yes  
17 For the data of Transfers, in case of different legal basis between the request and the positive decision to accept the responsibility to examine the application, does the country report the legal ground (LEG_PROV) on which the decision (acceptance of request) was based on?  Yes  
18 Does the country report under 'Incoming pending transfers' cases where the partner country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)?  No Pending transfers are considered only the transfers which the foreseen time limits are not yet expired.
19 Does the country report under ‘Outgoing pending transfers' cases where the country did not implement the transfer within the foreseen time limits (Article 29.2)?  No Pending transfers are considered only the transfers which the foreseen time limits are not yet expired.
15.2. Comparability - over time

The Dublin statistics data is comparable over time as no changes in the legislation have been made.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

For the incoming requests – from 2007 onwards; for the outgoing requests – from 2017 onwards.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

Not available.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

Fully coherent.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Fully coherent.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not available.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not available.
17.1.1. Description of the national revision policy for Dublin statistics

Not applicable.
17.1.2. Number of revisions planned on average
Data revision practice National practice  Further details (if necessary)
Average number of planned revisions performed during a year (for latest reference year)  Not available  
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake)  Not available  
Main reasons for revisions (new source data are becoming available, new methods/concepts, etc.) and extent to which the revisions improved the accuracy of the data  Not available  
Where the request is accepted based on a different legal basis from the one on which the request was sent, Member States have to report their data based on the article (legal basis) on which the request is accepted.

As far it is possible, this applies also to the data on outgoing and incoming requests. In case the requests are submitted/received in a different reference year than the decision was taken, data on requests shall be revised accordingly by both countries.

Does the country revise its data according to the above guidance?

  Not available  
17.1.3. Description of the main reasons for revisions

Data is revised if there is a case for revision – e.g. technical errors found (e.g. incoming request mistakenly input as an outgoing in the database that can result as a change in the total number of incoming/outgoing requests).
17.2. Data revision - practice

Revision is done manually by going through all the cases. 
17.2.1. Data revision - average size

The size of revision gives an idea of the stability of the data while direction is important to understand whether preliminary data tend to overestimate or underestimate the real target population.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

Source of data is the State Agency for Refugees with the Council of Ministers Bulgaria.

Data is collected through administrative sources and it is based on an administrative data process. 
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual
18.3. Data collection

Data is collected and prepared by the State Agency of Refugees Bulgaria and transmitted to Eurostat by NSI Bulgaria.

Data is collected using an excel table.
18.4. Data validation

Before being loaded in the database, internal consistency of the file is ensured.
18.4.1. Validation procedures
Validation activity Performed Periodicity Details (methods and tools)
Check that the population coverage is accurate, as required according to the definitions of the Technical guidelines (Annex)  Yes  Annually  
Compare the data with data of previous periods  Yes  Annually  
Check for outliers  Yes  Annually  
Investigate inconsistencies in the statistics (checking the consistency of "Total" values over each variable)  Yes  Annually  
Verify the statistics against expectations and domain intelligence  Yes  Annually  
Confront the data against other relevant data (e.g. Asylum statistics, of the mirror data from the partner countries)  Yes  Annually  
Check retrospectively (a sample of) the data in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate  Yes  Annually  
18.5. Data compilation

Data is processed by the State Agency of Refugees Bulgaria, according to the rules for validation and control of the technical guidelines by Eurostat.
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top


Related metadata Top


Annexes Top
Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics - v. 3.1 - 2021