In 2022, 246 unaccompanied minors applied for asylum in Finland. During the shown period, the number of asylum applications peaked in 2015 with a record high of 3,014 applications. After 2016, the number of applications declined to a lower level than before 2015.
Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022
Characteristic
Number of asylum applications
2022
246
2021
136
2020
146
2019
98
2018
109
2017
142
2016
292
2015
3,014
2014
196
2013
156
2012
167
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The source adds the following information: "An asylum seeker is a person applying for protection and right of residence in a foreign state. Those who are given international protection are granted a residence permit. Statistics on extended permits based on international protection can be found under ‘Residence permit’. No applications that have been corrected as subsequent applications in the statistics during the process can be seen in the statistics on applications."
Figures for years 2009 to 2014 were previously published by the source.
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Migri. (April 17, 2023). Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved April 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/
Migri. "Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022." Chart. April 17, 2023. Statista. Accessed April 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/
Migri. (2023). Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: April 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/
Migri. "Number of Asylum Applications from Unaccompanied Minors from 2012 to 2022." Statista, Statista Inc., 17 Apr 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/
Migri, Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/ (last visited April 23, 2025)
Number of asylum applications from unaccompanied minors from 2012 to 2022 [Graph], Migri, April 17, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/523582/finland-asylum-applications-from-unaccompanied-foreign-minors/
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