Home Office · nationality: India

Asylum backlog: India

at 30 June 2026

2,181people

Asylum backlog for India was 2,181 people at 30 June 2026, down 23.4% (668) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=India
  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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k6k2010201520202025June 2010: 241 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 220 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 181 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 184 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 173 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 171 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 186 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 252 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 309 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 433 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 477 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 465 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 493 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 563 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 605 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 696 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 768 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 626 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 631 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 416 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 449 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 523 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 597 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 642 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 823 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 885 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 1,025 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 1,222 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 1,324 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 1,170 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 1,091 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,197 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,322 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,442 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 1,599 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 1,728 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 1,850 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,984 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 2,052 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 2,018 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 2,031 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 2,104 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 2,119 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 2,128 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 2,163 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 2,264 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 2,526 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 2,851 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 3,291 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 3,755 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 4,640 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 6,154 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 6,195 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 6,628 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 6,446 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 5,842 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 5,245 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 5,881 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 5,379 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 5,283 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 5,073 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 4,479 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 3,652 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 2,849 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 2,181 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