Home Office · 5 July 2024present

Asylum grants at initial decision during the Labour 2024– government

2023Year ending June 2026 · 4 periods

31.0%19,084 people

Asylum grants at initial decision fell by 31.0% over the period, from 61,478 people (2023, the level when the government took office) to 42,394 (Year ending June 2026, the latest available).

  1. Inherited level 2023: 61,478
  2. Latest Year ending June 2026: 42,394
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

Asylum grants at initial decision: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour020k40k60k20102015202020252010: 6,444 people · published 27 August 20262011: 7,184 people · published 27 August 20262012: 7,797 people · published 27 August 20262013: 8,638 people · published 27 August 20262014: 10,101 people · published 27 August 20262015: 13,945 people · published 27 August 20262016: 9,944 people · published 27 August 20262017: 8,564 people · published 27 August 20262018: 10,097 people · published 27 August 20262019: 15,080 people · published 27 August 20262020: 8,973 people · published 27 August 20262021: 12,953 people · published 27 August 20262022: 17,274 people · published 27 August 20262023: 61,478 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 53,480 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 42,394 people · published 27 August 2026

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Definition and caveats

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) granted refugee status, humanitarian protection or another form of leave at initial decision in a 12-month period.

Doesn’t measure: Grants made after a successful appeal, or people offered safe and legal routes such as resettlement.