'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Finnish Immigration Service


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

Finnish Immigration Service
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Statistics Unit
1.5. Contact mail address
P.O. Box 10, FI-00086 Maahanmuuttovirasto, 
Helsinki
Finland


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 29/12/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 29/12/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 29/12/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Finnish Immigration Service 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 procedure
The European countries have agreed that an asylum application is only examined by one state, which can be:

  • another EU Member State
  • Norway
  • Iceland
  • Switzerland
  • Liechtenstein

The Dublin procedure means determining the state responsible for examining an asylum application. The procedure is based on the Dublin Regulation, which binds the EU Member States directly. According to the Regulation, the responsibility for examining your asylum application belongs to the state:

  1. where you have family members;
  2. that has granted you a residence permit or a visa;
  3. where you first arrived from a country that is not an EU Member State, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland or Liechtenstein; or
  4. where you have applied for asylum before.

This state has to take you back and examine the asylum application that you have submitted in Finland.

If some other Member State is responsible for examining your application for asylum, your application will not be examined in Finland. Instead, you will be refused entry and sent back to that Member State.

In such a case, we will not investigate during your asylum interview whether there are grounds for granting you an asylum. Instead, you will return to your reception centre to wait for a transfer to the country that will handle your application.

More info at: https://migri.fi/en/when-is-an-application-not-processed-in-finland- and Regulation (EU) 604/2013.
3.2. Classification system
RI/RO:
INCOMING/OUTGOING REQUESTS
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
TYPE OF REQUEST, 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
REDACI/REDACO:
Same as RI/RO but with EURODAC
 
RPENI/RPENO:
PENDING 'DUBLIN' 
INCOMING/OUTGOING REQUESTS 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
TYPE OF REQUEST, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
RINFI/RINFO:
INCOMING/OUTGOING 
'DUBLIN' REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
RESI/RESO:
INCOMING/OUTGOING 
RESPONSES TO 'DUBLIN' REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
DURATION OF RESPONSE, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
DUNI:
UNILATERAL 'DUBLIN' DECISIONS 
BY PARTNER COUNTRY, 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
DI/DO:
DECISIONS ON INCOMING/OUTGOING 'DUBLIN' REQUESTS 
BY RECEIVING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
TYPE OF DECISION, 
TYPE OF REQUEST,
LEGAL PROVISION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
DEDACI/DEDACO:
DECISIONS ON INCOMING/OUTGOING 'DUBLIN' REQUESTS BASED ON EURODAC 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
TYPE OF DECISION, 
TYPE OF REQUEST, 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
TI/TO:
INCOMING/OUTGOING 'DUBLIN' TRANSFERS 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
LEGAL PROVISION, 
DURATION, 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
TPENI/TPENO:
INCOMING/OUTGOING 'DUBLIN' TRANSFERS PENDING AT THE END OF THE REFERENCE YEAR 
BY SUBMITTING COUNTRY (PARTNER), 
SEX,
TYPE OF APPLICANT
 
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)  Articles 

10
11.1.a
11.1.b
12.1
12.2
12.3.b
12.4
13.1
13.2
14.1
17.2
18.1.b
18.1.c
18.1.d
19.1
19.2
19.3
20.5
22.7
23.3
25.2
29.2
3.2
34.1
34.3
6.5
8.1
8.2
8.4
9
Finnish Government decision 93§ (VN päätös 93§)
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  Same as Eurostat No
Re-examination request  Same as Eurostat No 
Request based on Eurodac  Same as Eurostat No 
Transfer  Same as Eurostat No 
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable  Same as Eurostat No 
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer  Same as Eurostat No 
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented  Same as Eurostat 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 under the Dublin III Regulation.
3.7. Reference area

Finland.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Since 2008.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

The reporting unit convention of the Dublin statistics follows two main principles:

  1. Each person is to be reported individually i.e. in case a request/re-examination request/decision covers several family members each family member shall be reported individually
  2. Each submitted or received request/re-examination request/decision and transfer concerning the same person during the same reference year shall be reported. This implies that one person can be reported more than once during the reference year by the same Member State in the same dataset.

For the categories 'Requests based on a Eurodac hit' and 'Decisions based on a Eurodac hit' Member States shall report all persons covered by these requests/decisions i.e. including children below 14 who are not fingerprinted. This will ensure that data based on Eurodac hits will be in line with all other statistics subject of this reporting.

More in the technical guidelines for the Data Collection under Art. 4.4 of the Regulation 862/2007 – “Dublin Statistics”, Version 3.1, January 2022.


5. Reference Period Top

Reference year 2022


6. Institutional Mandate Top

Finnish Immigration Service is the authority in Finland responsible for official statistics for the following four domains:

1. Residence permits
2. Asylum
3. Dublin
4. EIL
 
Tasks of the Finnish Immigration Service and Division of tasks in immigration affairs
 The Finnish Immigration Service
  • grants residence permits to foreign nationals entering Finland, such as students, employees, self-employed people, returnees and family members of foreign nationals living in Finland;
  • registers the right of residence of EU citizens and issues residence cards for family members of EU citizens;
  • processes asylum applications from asylum interviews to decisions;
  • steers and plans the practical reception of asylum seekers and those granted temporary protection;
  • issues alien’s passports and refugee travel documents;
  • decides on refusals of entry and deportations;
  • processes citizenship applications and declarations as well as determinations of citizenship status;
  • maintains the Register of Aliens;
  • produces information services for international needs and for Finnish decision-makers and authorities; and
  • participates in international cooperation in its own field.

In addition to the Finnish Immigration Service, many other authorities handle immigration-related matters.

 
Our most important partners in immigration affairs are:
  • The Ministry of the Interior as well as the police and the border guard authorities, which are subordinate to the Ministry of the Interior.
  • The reception centres for asylum seekers.
  • The Ministry for Foreign Affairs as well as Finnish missions (embassies and consulates) abroad, which are subordinate to the Ministry for Foreign Affairs.
  • The Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment and employment and economic development offices (TE Offices) and centres for economic development, transport and the environment (ELY Centres), which are subordinate to the Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment.
  • The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Finnish National Board of Education.
  • The Ministry of Justice, Administrative Courts and the Supreme Administrative Court as appellate authorities, and the Non-Discrimination Ombudsman, which are all subordinate to the Ministry of Justice.
  • The table below provides a general view of the most central matters concerning immigration and the authorities that manage and make decisions on these matters. In certain cases, another authority may decide on the matter.
 
 

Immigration matters in Finland

Matter

Responsible authority

Immigration policy, focal points of activities

Immigration policy is directed by the Minister of the Interior in accordance with the guidelines laid down by the Government

Immigration administration and policy

Ministry of the Interior

Development of immigration legislation

Ministry of the Interior

Performance guidance of the Finnish Immigration Service

Ministry of the Interior, Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment

Visa

The Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ missions

First residence permit

Reception of applications and proof of identity abroad:
The Ministry for Foreign Affairs’ missions

Reception of applications and proof of identity in Finland:
the Finnish Immigration Service

Granting of permits:
Finnish Immigration Service

Registration of the right to reside an EU citizen or a comparable person

Finnish Immigration Service

Residence permit for an employed person

Labour market tests:
employment and economic development office (TE Office)

Other requirements: Finnish Immigration Service

Residence permit for a self-employed person

Profitable self-employment: centre for economic development, transport and the environment (ELY Centre)

Other requirements: Finnish Immigration Service

Asylum or
residence permit on the basis of subsidiary protection

Asylum interview and decision: Finnish Immigration Service

Steering and planning of practical reception operations: Finnish Immigration Service

Establishment and closure of reception centres: Finnish Immigration Service

Placement into municipalities of quota refugees and asylum seekers who have been granted a residence permit:
centres for economic development, transport and the environment (ELY Centres)

Extended permits and permanent permits

Finnish Immigration Service

Refusal of entry

Border control authorities, police, Finnish Immigration Service

Deportation

Proposal: police, border control authorities

Decision: Finnish Immigration Service

Enforcement: police

Citizenship application or declaration

Finnish Immigration Service

Appeal

Administrative courts

Supreme Administrative Court

Integration

Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, ELY Centres, municipalities

Educational and cultural services

Ministry of Education and Culture, Finnish National Board of Education
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

Relevant legal acts can be found from:
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not available.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy
Processing of personal data and data protection at the Finnish Immigration Service
Personal data are data that concern a person who is or can be identified. For example, they include: 
  • a name
  • an address
  • a telephone number 
  • a diary number of a matter
  • a customer number. 
Data protection principles guide the processing of personal data and protect an individual’s privacy when personal data are processed. Processing includes everything from planning the processing of personal data to deleting the data, and also viewing them.
 
The Finnish Immigration Service only processes personal data for a legitimate reason. For example, personal data are needed for processing matters related to residence, citizenship, international protection and the reception of persons applying for international protection in compliance with legal requirements, as explained in detail below. Some of our services are used on a voluntary basis. Personal data are also processed when dealing with personnel or financial matters, for example. 
 
Sections 3 and 5 of the Act on the Processing of Personal Data in the Field of Immigration Administration (615/2020)* contain information about the other controllers of the case management system for immigration matters (UMA). For information about how these controllers process personal data and data protection in their activities, please contact each controller.
 
* later referred to as the Personal Data Act in Immigration Administration
 
Data subject’s rights and access to personal data
You have a right to know which data concerning you we store and who processes them. You also have a right to access the data we have collected on you and, if necessary, update them. 
If you need more information about how your personal data are processed at the Finnish Immigration Service, please contact the Data Protection Officer.
 
Compliance with the data protection legislation in Finland is supervised by the Data Protection Ombudsman. For more information about your rights related to data protection, visit the Data Protection Ombudsman’s website at tietosuoja.fi (in English https://tietosuoja.fi/en/home) 
 
For more information: 
  
The personal data we process 
1 Foreigners’ entry into Finland, departure from Finland, and residence in the country
2 Finnish citizenship 
3 Reception activities
4 Detention
5 Assignment to a municipality 
6 Electronic feedback system 
7 Customer guidance services 
8 Other service channels (including the chatbot)
9 Provision of information on retaining Finnish citizenship for persons aged over 18
10 Communication and surveys addressed to customers and stakeholders 
11 Press release subscription service
12 Issues related to job applications
  
Sources of data 
The data processed for the purposes referred to in section 1 of the Personal Data Act in Immigration Administration are obtained and maintained on the basis of data provided by the data subject and/or their legal representative. Data concerning the person are also obtained from the authorities and other parties pursuant to the Act. The Act limits the types of data obtained from each authority and restricts the purposes for which they can be used. In addition, data may be obtained from the following sources: 
  • Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres), 
  • Finnish Centre for Pensions
  • Social Insurance Institution (Kela),
  • municipal social welfare authorities, 
  • Finnish Transport Safety Agency, 
  • Legal Register Centre, 
  • Finnish National Agency for Education, 
  • educational institutions,
  • Finnish Patent and Registration Office
  • National Police Board and Finnish Security Intelligence Service,
  • Defence Command Finland
  • Border Guard, 
  • Criminal Sanctions Agency, 
  • National Supervisory Authority for Welfare and Health, 
  • detention units, 
  • National Prosecution Authority,
  • Finnish Workers' Compensation Center,
  • Customs,
  • Finnish courts 
  • Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE Offices),
  • Employment Fund,
  • foreign affairs administration, 
  • National Enforcement Authority, 
  • reception and registration centres, 
  • Finnish Tax Administration, and 
  • Digital and Data Services Agency. 
Data may also be obtained from publicly available sources, including open websites and registers.
 
Recipients of personal data 
The personal data concerning data subjects collected for the purposes referred to in section 1 of the Personal Data Act in Immigration Administration are also disclosed to other authorities in order for them to perform their tasks laid down in the legislation within a specified scope if the recipient of the disclosed data has a statutory right to obtain these data from the Finnish Immigration Service.
 
Among other things, the Finnish Immigration Service may disclose the personal data it processes to: 
  • Centres for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (ELY Centres), 
  • Emergency Response Centre Administration, 
  • Social Insurance Institution (Kela) and municipal social welfare authorities, 
  • Finnish Agency for Health and Welfare 
  • National Police Board and the Finnish Security Intelligence Service, 
  • Defence Forces, 
  • educational institutions, 
  • legal aid offices, 
  • Border Guard, 
  • detention units, 
  • the ministry responsible for organising the reception of asylum seekers and victims of human trafficking 
  • Ministry of Economic Affairs and Employment, 
  • Employment and Economic Development Offices (TE Offices), occupational safety and health authority, 
  • reception and registration centres, and 
  • Digital and Data Services Agency. 
Fingerprints taken for applying for an alien’s passport and a refugee travel document may be used by the Finnish Immigration Service, the police, the Border Guard, the Customs when performing the tasks of a border control authority, and the foreign affairs administration. 
 
Fingerprints taken for an application for a residence permit, a residence permit card and a residence card for a family member of an EU citizen may be used by the Finnish Immigration Service, the police, the border control authorities and Finnish missions. 
 
The Finnish Immigration Service’s partners with whom the agency has concluded an agreement on processing personal data in compliance with the requirements of the General Data Protection Regulation only process personal data on behalf of the Finnish Immigration Service for specified purposes.
 
Data protection
Contact information:
Finnish Immigration Service  
Street address: Opastinsilta 12 A, 00520, Helsinki 
Postal address: P.O. Box 10, 00086 Helsinki 
migri@migri.fi  
0295 430 431 (switchboard)
 
Data Protection Officer
The Data Protection Officer of the Finnish Immigration Service is Katariina Lehtola.
Contact information:
Street address: Opastinsilta 12 A, 00520, Helsinki
Postal address: P.O. Box 10, 00086 Helsinki 
Tel. 0295 430 431 (switchboard)
e-mail: tietosuojavastaava@migri.fi
 
 
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
Legislation
FINLEX Data Bank (http://www.finlex.fi/en/) consists of a comprehensive reference database of the Finnish legislation and amendments to laws and decrees published in the Finnish Statute Series ("the Finnish Official Gazette") since 1734.
 
Please notice that the translations below are unofficial and do not include all amendments.
 
amendments up to 1152/2010 included
Please note that the translation is not up-to-date, since further amendments have been made since 2010.
 
Dublin III Regulation
Regulation (EU) No 604/2013 (known as ‘Dublin III Regulation') of 26 June 2013 establishing the criteria and mechanisms for determining the Member State responsible for examining an asylum application lodged in one of the Member States by a third-country national.
 
 
More information at: https://migri.fi/en/legislation
7.1.2. Required confidentiality by law and signed legal confidentiality commitments by survey staff

Not applicable.
7.1.3. Potential micro-data access for research purposes by external users and confidentiality provisions applied
Disclosure of data for scientific research purposes
It is possible to request data from the data systems and registers of the Finnish Immigration Service for the purpose of conducting scientific research. Researchers can submit a document and information request (https://migri.fi/en/document-and-information-requests) or an application for a research permit to the Finnish Immigration Service.
 
In general, information and documents concerning customers of the Finnish Immigration Service are kept secret under section 24(1)(24) of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities, unless it is obvious that disclosure of information from them will not compromise the safety of the person concerned or his or her friends or family. On a case-to-case basis, the Finnish Immigration Service may grant permission to gain access to a secret document for purposes of scientific research, statistical compilations or the preparation of official plans or studies, if it is obvious that access will not violate the interests protected by the secrecy provision.
 
If you wish to gain access to confidential information for the purpose of scientific research, you need to apply for a research permit. The application must contain your basic details and specify, in as much detail as possible, which information you need and for what purpose. Your application must contain a research plan in which you describe what data you need and why.
 
The Finnish Immigration Service will decide whether a research permit can be granted. When evaluating the research permit application, the Finnish Immigration Service will consider the freedom of science, the legal basis for granting a research permit, the legislation governing the disclosure of data, and the appropriateness of granting a research permit.  Research permits are granted for a fixed term, and they may also be cancelled if there are grounds for doing so.
 
As a rule, the Finnish Immigration Service does not grant access to secret documents for thesis projects conducted for a university degree. Thesis projects are not regarded as scientific research within the meaning of section 28 of the Act on the Openness of Government Activities. If you need data for your thesis, you can submit a document request (https://migri.fi/en/document-and-information-requests).
 
Applying for research permit
Research permit application
If you need confidential information from the registers of the Finnish Immigration Service for the purposes of scientific research, you have two options:
  • fill in a form from the website of the Ministry of Justice or
  • submit a free-form application. 
As a rule, the application should contain the following attachments:
  • your research plan;
  • a reference from the professor supervising your thesis work if you are writing a thesis;
  • a copy of your publishing contract if the study will be published;
  • a positive statement from an ethics review committee, or information about the processing stage of the matter at the committee;
  • a record of processing activities for the research register (previously known as description of file);
  • a data protection impact assessment or code of conduct, if the research project involves processing special categories of personal data or processing personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences;
  • a description of the processing and protection of personal data: who will process the data; where the data will be processed; how the data will be stored and for how long; how the data is protected and how the processing of the data is monitored; how any unauthorised use of the data is prevented; how and when the data is disposed of;
  • other research permits granted or applied for, if any;
  • a signed non-disclosure agreement which the Finnish Immigration Service will provide for the researcher during the application process.
 
Research plan
The research plan will bind the data disclosed from a register to a specific research project. The purpose of the research plan is to specify, in as much detail as possible, the information requested and the reason why this information is necessary for the purpose and goals of the study.
 
The research plan must contain at least the following information:
  • a detailed account of the topic of the study;
  • the background for the study;
  • the objective of the study;
  • as detailed account of the research questions and methods as possible;
  • the schedule for the study;
  • a description of the publishing and utilisation of the research results;
  • the data needed for the study and a description of why this data is necessary for the study.
If the data to be disclosed for scientific research purposes on a large scale involves processing of personal data relating to criminal convictions and offences or special categories of personal data, such as information about a person’s ethnic origin, political opinions, religious beliefs or sexual orientation, a derogation from the rights of data subjects requires, as laid down in section 31 of the Data Protection Act (1050/2018), that a data protection impact assessment referred to in Article 35 of the Data Protection Regulation be carried out or that codes of conduct in accordance with Article 40 of the Data Protection Regulation be complied with. Submit a data protection impact assessment or a code of conduct in writing to the Office of the Data Protection Ombudsman and to the Finnish Immigration Service before the application is reviewed.
 
Submitting a research permit application
Send your research permit application and the necessary attachments to the Registry of the Finnish Immigration Service.
Contact details of the Registry:
email: migri@migri.fi
postal address: PO Box 10, 00086 Maahanmuuttovirasto
Enquiries about research permits should be sent to the agency's Legal Service: oikeuspalvelu@migri.fi.
 
Service of the research permit decision and the fees applied
If you wish to receive the decision on your research permit application by email, state so in your application and include the email address to which the decision should be sent. If you do not give your consent for electronic service of notice, specify the postal address to which the decision should be sent.
 
If you are not satisfied with the research permit decision, you can appeal the decision to an administrative court. Remember to mention your municipality of residence in your research permit application so that we can provide you with the correct appeal instructions.
 
Decisions on research permits are free of charge. If you request documents or information from us, we may in some cases charge you the costs of responding to your request.
 
More information about the costs of document and information requests (https://migri.fi/en/document-and-information-requests)
 
 
 
7.1.4. Procedures for ensuring confidentiality during collection, processing and dissemination, including rules for determining confidential cells

As a general rule, if a cell value is 5 or under, because of disaggregations like sex, age and citizenship, for example, it is aggregated until the cell value is again higher than 5. This is done to ensure privacy of our customers during dissemination of our data.

More information at: https://migri.fi/en/data-protection
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

https://migri.fi/en/data-protection

https://migri.fi/en/disclosure-of-data-for-scientific-research-purposes


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar
Last weekday of March annually.
8.2. Release calendar access

New statistics released monthly at: https://tilastot.migri.fi/index.html#decisions?l=en
More information at: https://migri.fi/en/statistics
8.3. Release policy - user access

Communication and publications are done by communications department:
https://migri.fi/en/communications
https://migri.fi/en/brochures-and-publications
https://twitter.com/Maahanmuuttovir
https://migri.fi/en/social-media


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Annual dissemination of the Dublin statistics as well as national dissemination.


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

Communication and publications are done by communications department:

https://migri.fi/en/communications
https://migri.fi/en/brochures-and-publications
https://twitter.com/Maahanmuuttovir
https://migri.fi/en/social-media
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Communication and publications are done by communications department:

https://migri.fi/en/communications
https://migri.fi/en/brochures-and-publications
https://twitter.com/Maahanmuuttovir
https://migri.fi/en/social-media
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

https://tilastot.migri.fi/index.html#decisions?l=en
https://migri.fi/en/statistics
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Just a few consultations incoming from outside the house yearly. Consultations coming from inside the house around once a month. The data itself is used weekly inside the house.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access
10.5. Dissemination format - other
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

A few yearly
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Technical guidelines for the Data Collection under Art. 4.4 of the Regulation 862/2007 – “Dublin Statistics”, Version 3.1, January 2022
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

100%
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Internal documentation based on excel spreadsheet containing the rules for the construction of the data.

During year 2022, however, we have strongly developed our whole ES statistical process. We are compiling the data in a new way, using new software and new database. The software forces the user to write down all the rules and logics they use for data constructing so there is more accurate documentation of the process. 


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Internal documentation based on excel spreadsheet containing the rules for the construction of the data.

In addition, we aim to follow the European Statistics Code of Practice (CoP - https://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/web/products-catalogues/-/KS-02-18-142).
11.2. Quality management - assessment

See table 11.2.1.
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

 

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

 

 

  • 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 : Finnish Immigration Service internal and Eurostat.

 

Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level) : Not available.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction

Not available. We do not receive feedback from users and we do not conduct satisfaction surveys.
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

17/19 tables completed. Re-examination request for tables RI, RO, REDACI, REDACO, RPENI, RPENO, DI, DO, DEDACI, DEDACO flagged as provisional.
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

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Not available

 The Dublin registration process within case processing system does not currently provide sufficent data in order to compile DUNI table.

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Complete

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 Not available

  The Dublin registration process within case processing system does not currently provide sufficent data in order to compile TPENO table.

 

  • 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

Data accuracy is high for all data sets (see table 13.1.1) except the re-examination request indicators for the tables RI, RO, REDACI, REDACO, RPENI, RPENO, DI, DO, DEDACI, DEDACO which are flagged as provisional.  There are only some minor discrepancies, ranging from 0-1%, between December data and annual data, which are evaluated by March 1.
13.1. Accuracy - overall

High. For details, see table 13.1.1.
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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

  Re-examination request flagged as provisional

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

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

 High

 

  

  • 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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 

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

 None

 
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  1 working day for the information to be transferred to database  
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person  1 working day for the information to be transferred to database  
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person   1 working day for the information to be transferred to database  
13.3.2. Measurement error

None.
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

None.
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 : 90

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : None
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 : 90

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the final data and plans to improve the situation : None
14.2. Punctuality

0 days.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

0 days.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

See below.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
INBOUND 1840
OUTBOUND 880
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?  No  
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)?  No  
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)?  No  
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)?  No  
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)?  Minor  
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.

 No

 
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)?  Yes  
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  Foreseen time limits is not constant or not known which affect the possibility to compile the TPENO table.
15.2. Comparability - over time

All data comparable and reconcilable.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

2011 onwards.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

All data comparable and reconcilable.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics

All data comparable and reconcilable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal

All data comparable and reconcilable.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Estimate of 2 weeks of work of an employee at coordinator level and 2 working days of an employee at specialist level.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

If inaccuracies are noticed, data is revised and transmitted to Eurostat via EDAMIS as soon as possible.
17.1.1. Description of the national revision policy for Dublin statistics

If inaccuracies are noticed, data is revised and transmitted to Eurostat via EDAMIS as soon as possible.
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)  0  
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake)  0  
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  Possible main reasons: Human error noticed in the compilation process.  
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?

  No  
17.1.3. Description of the main reasons for revisions

Human error during the compiling process of data tables.
17.2. Data revision - practice

Data revision is done if an error, mistake or inaccuracy is detected. Revised data is scrutinized against the older data and the current definitions and rules set by the Eurostat's Guidelines.  
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

Finnish Immigration Service is responsible for all the data used. We collect, update, construct and transmit the data to Eurostat via EDAMIS. The source data is administrative data.
18.2. Frequency of data collection

Annual
18.3. Data collection

Information is gathered by the administrative source "Ulkomaalaisrekisteri" (UMA) - database. Regular validation is being done by senior level employee to guarantee the source data quality and overnight transfers of it.
18.4. Data validation

1) Regular validation is being done by senior level employee to guarantee the source data quality and overnight transfers of it.

2) Data is compared to the older data to notice any anomalies.
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  No    
Confront the data against other relevant data (e.g. Asylum statistics, of the mirror data from the partner countries)  No    
Check retrospectively (a sample of) the data in the register/database in order to confirm they are accurate  No    
18.5. Data compilation

We follow the requirements and suggestions of the Technical Guidelines of DUBLIN data collection by applying those to the information we gather, to the disaggregation, categories we have defined in order to compile the Dublin data according to standards and formats required for the transmission. 
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

0%
18.6. Adjustment

None.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.


19. Comment Top


Related metadata Top


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