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Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Asylum backlog: Afghanistan

at 30 June 2026

3,215people

Asylum backlog for Afghanistan was 3,215 people at 30 June 2026, down 1.0% (34) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 16 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

June 2010 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k15k2010201520202025June 2010: 1,013 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 829 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 924 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 823 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 767 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 710 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 716 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 625 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 650 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 754 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 815 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 739 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 701 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 805 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 979 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 1,103 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 1,170 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,454 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,254 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 771 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 959 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,448 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1,783 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,792 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 2,031 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 2,389 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 2,422 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 2,047 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 1,988 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 2,082 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 2,090 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 2,038 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 2,022 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 2,167 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 2,250 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 2,118 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 2,086 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 2,452 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 2,626 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 2,454 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 2,498 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 2,815 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 2,894 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 2,881 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 3,064 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 3,976 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 4,755 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 5,975 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 6,999 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 9,080 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 13,056 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 14,110 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 15,098 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 14,406 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 11,773 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 12,457 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 11,709 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 13,017 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 10,999 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 8,569 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 6,784 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 6,163 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 4,303 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 3,249 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 3,215 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) whose asylum claim was awaiting an initial decision at the end of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

Claims awaiting an appeal or further review, or the number of cases (main applicants only).

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims awaiting a decision dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 1fe6c189fa542968…
All values
Asylum backlog by nationality