Home Office · nationality: Somalia

Asylum backlog: Somalia

at 30 June 2026

3,020people

Asylum backlog for Somalia was 3,020 people at 30 June 2026, up 37.9% (830) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Somalia
  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: 436 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 313 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 265 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 289 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 276 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 253 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 263 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 257 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 276 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 309 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 361 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 314 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 329 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 354 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 413 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 446 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 454 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 468 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 422 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 252 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 249 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 199 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 233 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 231 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 267 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 312 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 324 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 301 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 297 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 297 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 307 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 318 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 310 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 324 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 358 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 370 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 372 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 409 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 469 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 493 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 499 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 546 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 607 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 597 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 608 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 828 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 1,076 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 1,211 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 1,227 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 1,226 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 1,247 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 1,406 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 1,408 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 1,321 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 1,002 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 968 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 1,090 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 1,350 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 1,590 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 1,706 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 2,438 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 3,139 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 2,734 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 2,190 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 3,020 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