EU-wide recognition rates for asylum seekers, including Norway and Switzerland, hovers at 40 percent.
The figure, cited on Wednesday (22 February) by the Malta-based European Union Agency for Asylum (EUAA), is the highest in five years.
But the true figure is likely higher, because the rate does not include appeals. And it does not cover humanitarian status granted by national authorities.
"Unfortunately, the data on decisions at appeal level is not yet complete for the year...
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Nikolaj joined EUobserver in 2012 and covers home affairs. He is originally from Denmark, but spent much of his life in France and in Belgium. He was awarded the King Baudouin Foundation grant for investigative journalism in 2010.