Home Office · nationality: China

Asylum backlog: China

at 30 June 2026

455people

Asylum backlog for China was 455 people at 30 June 2026, down 34.8% (243) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=China
  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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k2010201520202025June 2010: 825 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 661 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 580 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 532 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 495 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 457 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 465 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 394 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 425 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 472 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 540 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 573 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 581 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 662 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 759 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 959 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 991 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 973 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 825 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 370 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 341 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 341 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 358 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 416 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 515 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 563 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 563 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 558 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 579 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 653 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 687 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 693 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 685 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 784 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 861 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 977 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 1,134 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,318 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 1,585 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 1,597 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 1,665 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 1,790 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 1,901 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 1,989 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 2,053 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 2,120 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 2,217 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 2,454 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 2,612 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 2,717 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 2,735 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 3,239 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 3,399 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 3,414 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 2,372 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 2,337 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 2,468 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 2,765 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 2,463 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 2,263 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 1,528 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,152 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 864 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 698 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 455 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