Using Open Data for a facts-driven immigration debate
Publication Date/Time
2017-10-11T09:00:00+00:00
Opening up the facts of closed borders
Immigration debates are often politically heated and take place in
many different European countries. By using one of the following
European Data Portal datasets, you will be better informed during your
next conversation on the matter.

Let's take a look at for instance Eurostat data published by the
British Home Office. The 2010 to 2015 data
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/_monthly_asylum_statistics]
allow you to find a more sophisticated perspective on border control,
asylum applications and related figures. The French Ministry of the
Interior provides a similar dataset
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/les-demandes-dasile-1],
but also showing the main countries of origin from those who applied
for a residence authorisation.
[https://data.europa.eu/sites/default/files/img/media/passport-control.png]
Comparing data across multiple years has been simplified by the data
from the Swiss Federal Statistical Office, available of the European
Data Portal here
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/https-opendata-swiss-dataset-450b0c7d-c000-4f7f-9a56-f206f4ace5a3].

Looking for the latest 2017 numbers in the EU? Stop searching! The
Irish Reception and Integration Agency even updates its statistics
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/dataset/asylum-seeker-reception-and-integration]
on a monthly basis.

Interested in other datasets related to international issues? Browse
through other available datasets in the designated data category
[https://www.europeandataportal.eu/data/en/group/international-issues]
of the European Data Portal!
