Home Office · 2016 to Year ending June 2026 · people

Initial decisions on asylum claims

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Period	Initial decisions on asylum claims
2016	31,011 people
2017	27,850 people
2018	28,969 people
2019	28,575 people
2020	18,477 people
2021	17,866 people
2022	22,790 people
2023	91,556 people
Year ending June 2025	113,207 people
Year ending June 2026	115,872 people

Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics: asylum summary tables, Year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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