'Dublin' statistics (migr_dub)

National Reference Metadata in Single Integrated Metadata Structure (SIMS)

Compiling agency: Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs


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

Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
1.2. Contact organisation unit

Directorate of immigration
1.5. Contact mail address

26, route d'Arlon

L-2017 Luxembourg


2. Metadata update Top
2.1. Metadata last certified 16/06/2023
2.2. Metadata last posted 16/06/2023
2.3. Metadata last update 19/04/2023


3. Statistical presentation Top
3.1. Data description

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Luxembourg 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

All data concerning the Dublin procedure are recorded in a central database of the Directorate of immigration. Therefore, the production of the required statistics can be done on basis of those data.
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 (based on Dublin criteria), Re-examination request
Decision on request Total, Positive decision, Negative decision, Unknown  Total, Positive decision, Negative decision
Legal provision (Dublin criteria) Please consult the latest Technical Guidelines documentation (in Annex)  Dublin criteria (article of the regulation)
Duration of transfer Total, From 1 to 6 months, From 7 to 12 months, From 13 to 18 months  Date of transfer (duration is calculated manually)
Duration of response to a request for information Total, 5 weeks or less, Over 5 weeks, Unknown  Date of response (duration is calculated manually)
Sex Total, Males, Females, Unknown  Total, Males, Females
Applicant Total, Adult, Unaccompanied minor, Accompanied minor, Unknown  Total (details are calculated manually)
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 definition  /
Re-examination request   same as Eurostat definition  /
Request based on Eurodac   same as Eurostat definition  /
Transfer   same as Eurostat definition  /
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 First paragraph): no prior criteria applicable   not used  
Responsibility by default (Art. 3.2 Second and third paragraph): no transfer   same as Eurostat definition  /
Responsibility by default (Art. 29.2): transfer not implemented   same as Eurostat definition  /
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

All third country nationals falling under the scope of the Dublin regulation, and where a request has been made.
3.7. Reference area

Luxembourg.
3.8. Coverage - Time

Starting 2015.
3.9. Base period

Not applicable.


4. Unit of measure Top

Persons.


5. Reference Period Top

2022 Calendar year.


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

Not available.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

Not available.


7. Confidentiality Top
7.1. Confidentiality - policy

See below.
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

There is no such national policy.
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

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

Not applicable.
7.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Not applicable.


8. Release policy Top
8.1. Release calendar

Not applicable.
8.2. Release calendar access

Not applicable.
8.3. Release policy - user access

Not applicable.


9. Frequency of dissemination Top

Monthly.


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

Monthly.

Weblink at national level where the News release are available: https://maee.gouvernement.lu/fr/directions-du-ministere/immigration/stats-et-publications.html
10.2. Dissemination format - Publications

Monthly.

Weblink at national level where the Publications are available: https://maee.gouvernement.lu/fr/directions-du-ministere/immigration/stats-et-publications.html
10.3. Dissemination format - online database

No online database available.
10.3.1. Data tables - consultations

Not applicable.
10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Not applicable.
10.5. Dissemination format - other

Not applicable.
10.5.1. Metadata - consultations

Not applicable.
10.6. Documentation on methodology

Not applicable.
10.6.1. Metadata completeness - rate

Not applicable.
10.7. Quality management - documentation

Not applicable.


11. Quality management Top
11.1. Quality assurance

Not applicable.
11.2. Quality management - assessment

Not applicable.
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

Duration of response is calculated manually

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

Good

Duration of response is calculated manually

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

Duration of transfer is calculated manually

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

 Good

Duration of transfer is calculated manually

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 : EUROSTAT, Immigration office, EASO, FRONTEX, UNHCR.

 

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.
12.3. Completeness

See below.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate

100%
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 overall accuracy of Dublin statistics is good as they are directly generated from the database of the Directorate of immigration. The only reason for incompleteness may be due to human error in handling the 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

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Human error while entering data

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

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

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

 Good

 Human error while entering data

   

  • 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.

 

Not applicable, there is no proportion that does not belong to the target population



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  3  
An incoming decision from a partner country accepting the request to take back/charge a person  3  
A decision made by the national authority to accept or to reject a request from a partner country to take charge/back a person  3  
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

Errors are possible, but we try to avoid them by regular double-checks of the data.
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 week

 

- Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation : not applicable.
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

 

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

There is no time lag between the actual delivery of the data and the legal deadline for transmission.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication

Not applicable.


15. Coherence and comparability Top
15.1. Comparability - geographical

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

Not available.
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)?  No  
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  If we get erroneous Incoming requests, we respond with a negative decision
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?  No Dublin/Eurodac check and registration of the asylum application are carried out simultaneously
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

Luxembourg does not use Article 3.2
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  
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  
15.2. Comparability - over time

All Dublin statistics are comparable since the beginning of the data series.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series

Since 2015, all data is comparable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain

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

Not applicable.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts

Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal

Not applicable.


16. Cost and Burden Top

Not available.


17. Data revision Top
17.1. Data revision - policy

Not applicable.
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)  12  Done monthly for statistics
Average number of unplanned revisions performed during a year (usually caused by the discovery of a mistake)  2  Discovery of mistakes
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    See above
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

After discovery of incoherences by comparing data while producing reports.
17.2. Data revision - practice

See below.
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.

 

The size is very small, yet difficult to estimate.


18. Statistical processing Top
18.1. Source data

National database of the Immigration Direction (administrative data).
18.2. Frequency of data collection

The data is entered on daily basis into the central database of the Directorate of immigration.
18.3. Data collection

The required data is generated from the national database.
18.4. Data validation

Cross checking totals manually.
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  Monthly  Manual control
Compare the data with data of previous periods  No    
Check for outliers  Yes  Monthly  Manual control
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

The information extracted from the central database of the Directorate of immigration needs to be adapted to the required format (using the Excel templates).
18.5.1. Imputation - rate

Not applicable.
18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.
18.6.1. Seasonal adjustment

Not applicable.


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Eurostat Guidelines on Dublin statistics - v. 3.1 - 2021