Reference metadata describe statistical concepts and methodologies used for the collection and generation of data. They provide information on data quality and, since they are strongly content-oriented, assist users in interpreting the data. Reference metadata, unlike structural metadata, can be decoupled from the data.
Migration and Passport Office Principality of Liechtenstein
1.2. Contact organisation unit
Migration and Passport Office Principality of Liechtenstein
1.3. Contact name
Confidential because of GDPR
1.4. Contact person function
Confidential because of GDPR
1.5. Contact mail address
Giessenstrasse 3, 9490 Vaduz
1.6. Contact email address
Confidential because of GDPR
1.7. Contact phone number
Confidential because of GDPR
1.8. Contact fax number
Confidential because of GDPR
2.1. Metadata last certified
14 April 2025
2.2. Metadata last posted
14 April 2025
2.3. Metadata last update
14 April 2025
3.1. Data description
Data collection on Dublin statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACO);
Pending ‘Dublin’ incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENI);
Pending ‘Dublin’ outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFO);
Incoming responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESI);
Outgoing responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESO);
Unilateral ‘Dublin’ decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant (DUNI);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DO);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TO);
Pending incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENI);
Pending outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENO).
3.2. Classification system
See table 3.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
3.3. Coverage - sector
Migration and asylum – Dublin statistics.
3.4. Statistical concepts and definitions
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
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.
Dublin In & Dublin Out: the number of cases, which may include one or more requests per person.
3.6. Statistical population
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation.
3.7. Reference area
Liechtenstein.
3.8. Coverage - Time
See table 3.8. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Years 2011-2024.
3.9. Base period
Not applicable.
Number of persons. / Number of applications/requests.
Calendar year 2024.
6.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements
EU act: Dublin III Regulation 604/2013 according art. 74.
6.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing
The decisive Regulation is (EC) 862/2007, which is also part of Annex XXI, in which the obligations of the Office of Statistics are regulated, including population and social statistics. Annex XXI includes the EEA Agreement (incl. annexes and protocols), EEA decisions and the EFTA Agreement.
In the Statistics Act, Art. 19 it is stated the published or accessible statistical results must not allow any conclusions to be drawn about circumstances of individual, identifiable persons, unless the information is public.
In addition the Office for Statistics publishes the quality guidelines in the subject area. These state that conclusions about individuals must be excluded.
The Dublin-file is assembled only once a year; information is based on the personal files. The completeness is very high (around 99%), as we first filter the Dublin cases from all asylum cases and then enter the necessary processes (IN-OUT requests for which articles, transfers, etc.). The file which is sent to Eurostat is generated on the same data. Migration and Passport Office estimates the data as 99% complete and 98% correct - very high quality.
11.2. Quality management - assessment
Data is of overall good quality as it is taken from administrative data. The database is continuously checked for errors.
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, UNHCR, Government, Office of statistics Liechtenstein, external institutions.
Unmet user needs (on statistics) and reasons why these needs cannot be satisfied (at national and international level) : Not applicable.
12.2. Relevance - User Satisfaction
Not available.
12.3. Completeness
See table 12.3. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
12.3.1. Data completeness - rate
99%.
13.1. Accuracy - overall
Migration and Passport Office estimates the data as 99% complete.
13.2. Sampling error
Not applicable.
13.2.1. Sampling error - indicators
Not applicable.
13.3. Non-sampling error
Not available.
13.3.1. Coverage error
Migration and Passport Office estimates the data as 99% complete, therefore almost no coverage error.
13.3.1.1. Over-coverage - rate
Not applicable.
13.3.1.2. Common units - proportion
Not applicable.
13.3.2. Measurement error
Not available.
13.3.3. Non response error
Not available - but according to the estimation of the Passport and Migration Office data is 99% complete.
13.3.3.1. Unit non-response - rate
Not available - but according to the estimation of the Passport and Migration Office data is 99% complete.
13.3.3.2. Item non-response - rate
Not available - but according to the estimation of the Passport and Migration Office data is 99% complete.
13.3.4. Processing error
Not available.
13.3.5. Model assumption error
Not available.
14.1. Timeliness
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: 30 days.
Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation:
Data production is affected by massive lack of staff. Currently, we are working on a statistical solution that can automate or solve many.
14.1.1. Time lag - first result
Not applicable.
14.1.2. Time lag - final result
Not applicable.
14.2. Punctuality
See table 14.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
14.2.1. Punctuality - delivery and publication
Not applicable.
15.1. Comparability - geographical
The statitstics are comparable on an international level. Due to Liechtenstein's small size (160km2), no distinction is made between different regions.
15.1.1. Asymmetry for mirror flow statistics - coefficient
Not applicable.
15.2. Comparability - over time
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2023’.
15.2.1. Length of comparable time series
Not applicable.
15.3. Coherence - cross domain
The same concepts and definitions are used within Liechtenstein's public statistics. For this reason, the data is coherent with other subject areas.
15.3.1. Coherence - sub annual and annual statistics
The same concepts and definitions are used within Liechtenstein's public statistics. For this reason, the data is coherent with other subject areas, but on a national level there are only annual publications in related topics.
15.3.2. Coherence - National Accounts
Not applicable.
15.4. Coherence - internal
Not applicable.
Not applicable.
17.1. Data revision - policy
Possible.
17.2. Data revision - practice
See table 17.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
17.2.1. Data revision - average size
Not applicable.
18.1. Source data
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
18.2. Frequency of data collection
Daily, working week Monday until Friday.
18.3. Data collection
The case workers fill in the data set in Excel data sheet, where all data regarding the Dublin procedure will be inputted.
For the yearly and monthly statistic tables sent to Eurostat, Liechtenstein uses a main Excel File and an electronic file system at national level. Due to the small figures of Asylum seekers (50 - 150 Person a year) we are not using a statistic program and we prepare the files "manually". We are currently working on a partial solution to automate the statistics with the existing systems.
A so-called specialist application is being worked on on a program that includes a solution for statistical evaluations. This should be available early next year.
18.4. Data validation
At the end of the year, we produce the Dublin statistic manually, with the main Excel File of the asylum cases and the electronic case/file system.
18.5. Data compilation
At the end of the year, we produce the Dublin statistic manually, with the main Excel File of the asylum cases and the electronic case/file system.
Data collection on Dublin statistics contains statistical information based on the Article 4.4 of Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 on Community statistics on migration and international protection.
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (REDACO);
Pending ‘Dublin’ incoming requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENI);
Pending ‘Dublin’ outgoing requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of request, sex and type of applicant (RPENO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, sex and type of applicant (RINFO);
Incoming responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESI);
Outgoing responses to ‘Dublin’ requests for information by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of response, sex and type of applicant (RESO);
Unilateral ‘Dublin’ decisions by partner country, type of decision, sex and type of applicant (DUNI);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DO);
Decisions on incoming ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by submitting country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACI);
Decisions on outgoing ‘Dublin’ requests based on EURODAC by receiving country (PARTNER), type of decision, type of request, legal provision, sex and type of applicant (DEDACO);
Incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TI);
Outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), legal provision, duration of transfer, sex and type of applicant (TO);
Pending incoming ‘Dublin’ transfers by submitting country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENI);
Pending outgoing ‘Dublin’ transfers by receiving country (PARTNER), sex and type of applicant (TPENO).
14 April 2025
See table 3.4. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
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.
Dublin In & Dublin Out: the number of cases, which may include one or more requests per person.
See table 3.6. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Asylum seekers under the Dublin Regulation.
Liechtenstein.
Calendar year 2024.
Migration and Passport Office estimates the data as 99% complete.
Number of persons. / Number of applications/requests.
At the end of the year, we produce the Dublin statistic manually, with the main Excel File of the asylum cases and the electronic case/file system.
See table 18.1. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2024’.
Annual.
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: 30 days.
Reasons for possible long production of the first/preliminary data and plans to improve the situation:
Data production is affected by massive lack of staff. Currently, we are working on a statistical solution that can automate or solve many.
The statitstics are comparable on an international level. Due to Liechtenstein's small size (160km2), no distinction is made between different regions.
See table 15.2. in annex ‘Quality report tables Dublin 2023’.
