Police and Border Guard Board

Analysis Bureau

politsei@politsei.ee

Data collection on asylum statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.1, 4.2 and 4.3 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.

Asylum applications:

• Asylum, first time and subsequent applicants by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Persons subject of asylum applications pending at the end of month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applications withdrawn by citizenship, age, sex and type of withdrawal (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Asylum applicants having had their applications processed under the accelerated procedure by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Applicants having benefited from material reception conditions at the end of the reference year;
• Asylum applicants considered to be unaccompanied minors by citizenship, age and sex.

Decisions on asylum applications:

• First instance decisions on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted at first instance decision by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Final decisions in appeal or review on applications by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Decisions withdrawing status granted as final decision in appeal or review by citizenship, type of decision and type of reason (also for unaccompanied minors).

Resettled persons:

• Resettled persons by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and country of previous residence;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and type of decision;
• Resettled persons by citizenship, age, sex and resettlement framework. 

In March 2022, the European Commission activated the Temporary Protection Directive 2001/55/EC for people from Ukraine seeking refuge.

Temporary protection:

• Decisions granting temporary protection by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors);
• Beneficiaries of temporary protection at the end of the month by citizenship, age and sex (also for unaccompanied minors).

See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Migration and asylum – Asylum statistics.

See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

All data explicitly refer to the number of persons. The data on asylum applications withdrawn are related to the number of persons rather than cases.

See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Estonia.

See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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Number of persons.

Calendar month, calendar quarter and calendar year.

This metadata information is provided by the authorities of Estonia to ensure compliance with the requirements of Article 4.1-4.3 (Asylum statistics) of Regulation 862/2007 on Community Statistics on Migration and International Protection.

As required by Article 9 of the Regulation 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.

On national level, statistics concerning international protection is shared internally with relevant ministries, organizations etc.

On European level, data concerning international protection is shared with Frontex, EUAA and UNHCR.

The personal data of third-country nationals and stateless persons is processed and used for the purpose of conducting the procedure for international protection. Police and Border Guard Board employees must follow the principles of confidentiality when processing applicant's personal data. Procedural rules, obliged for every user who processes personal data, are set up to define specific actions and rules for access and protection of personal data. Internal rules and guidelines have been established on how to handle personal data.

Data are published in statistical form only. Microdata are not accessible in any form for external users.

Data on asylum statistics are not published at the national level. These data are disseminated monthly, quarterly and yearly through Eurostat online databases.

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Statistics at national level are updated monthly. The data is disseminated monthly, quarterly and yearly through Eurostat online databases.

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Compilation of data is following the guidelines and instructions provided by Eurostat. Consistency validation checks are performed.

Good quality.

Users of Eurostat asylum statistics are:

• various policy DGs in the European Commission, like DG Migration and Home Affairs for designing, funding and implementing asylum related policies in the EU,
• European Parliament,
• national authorities (Ministries of Interior, Ministries of Justice, immigration agencies) who use Asylum data to monitor or project the development of their national asylum procedures,
• European Migration Network (EMN) which uses the Asylum data as a basis for its annual EU and national level statistical and analytical reports,
• researchers and students conducting analysis and research in the field of asylum,
• journalists and international organisations in the area of asylum and migration.

No measures available.

See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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The overall assessment of the accuracy of the data collection is considered to be high.

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The first data can be reported in 30 days at the earliest after the end of the reference period.

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See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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The statistics are comparable between all regions of Estonia, there is only one national system of accumulating and processing the data.

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See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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The sub annual (monthly or quarterly) and annual statistics are coherent.

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The asylum statistics are internally coherent, they are produced from one source database.

Asylum statistics are based on administrative data. Their production does not require any special costs or burden.

No data revision policy. 

See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

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See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Asylum 2023’.

Monthly.

Police and Border Guard Board collects data manually on monthly basis. 

The source data are checked and validated before compiling the aggregates output statistics sent to Eurostat.

Data is based on Article 4 of the Regulation (EC) No 862/2007. The collected data is converted into statistical output. Estimations are not used. 

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No statistical technique applied.