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Asylum-related returns during the Labour 2024– government

2023 → Year ending June 2026 · 4 periods

↑ 93.0%+6,055 returns

Asylum-related returns rose by 93.0% over the period, from 6,513 returns (2023, the level when the government took office) to 12,568 (Year ending June 2026, the latest available). That is an average of +30.1% a year over the term.

  1. Inherited level 2023: 6,513
  2. Latest Year ending June 2026: 12,568
  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-related returns: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k20102015202020252010: 10,563 returns · published 27 August 20262011: 10,374 returns · published 27 August 20262012: 9,026 returns · published 27 August 20262013: 8,928 returns · published 27 August 20262014: 6,865 returns · published 27 August 20262015: 5,696 returns · published 27 August 20262016: 5,116 returns · published 27 August 20262017: 5,149 returns · published 27 August 20262018: 3,971 returns · published 27 August 20262019: 3,167 returns · published 27 August 20262020: 1,565 returns · published 27 August 20262021: 1,566 returns · published 27 August 20262022: 2,825 returns · published 27 August 20262023: 6,513 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 11,032 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 12,568 returns · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum-related returns
201010,563 returns
201110,374 returns
20129,026 returns
20138,928 returns
20146,865 returns
20155,696 returns
20165,116 returns
20175,149 returns
20183,971 returns
20193,167 returns
20201,565 returns
20211,566 returns
20222,825 returns
20236,513 returns
Year ending June 202511,032 returns
Year ending June 202612,568 returns

Definition and caveats

The number of enforced and voluntary returns from the UK in a 12-month period of people who had claimed asylum at some point, including their dependants.

Doesn’t measure: Returns of people who never claimed asylum, or people refused entry at port.