Civometry

Home Office · nationality: South Africa

Asylum backlog: South Africa

at 30 June 2026

48 people

Asylum backlog for South Africa was 48 people at 30 June 2026, down 22.6% (14) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=South Africa
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 13 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

June 2010 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0501001502010201520202025June 2010: 79 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 63 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 62 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 43 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 34 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 33 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 26 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 35 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 37 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 40 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 48 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 51 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 49 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 47 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 49 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 56 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 61 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 57 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 48 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 55 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 52 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 45 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 36 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 48 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 67 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 60 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 49 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 64 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 75 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 90 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 78 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 96 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 104 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 109 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 114 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 118 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 108 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 111 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 129 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 126 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 124 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 122 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 123 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 116 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 113 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 109 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 111 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 128 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 143 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 145 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 150 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 181 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 195 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 194 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 132 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 129 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 133 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 149 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 157 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 128 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 96 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 78 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 69 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 62 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 48 people · published 27 August 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum backlog by nationality
June 201079 people
September 201063 people
December 201062 people
March 201143 people
June 201134 people
September 201133 people
December 201126 people
March 201235 people
June 201237 people
September 201240 people
December 201248 people
March 201351 people
June 201349 people
September 201347 people
December 201349 people
March 201456 people
June 201461 people
September 201457 people
December 201448 people
March 201555 people
June 201552 people
September 201545 people
December 201536 people
March 201648 people
June 201667 people
September 201660 people
December 201649 people
March 201764 people
June 201775 people
September 201790 people
December 201778 people
March 201896 people
June 2018104 people
September 2018109 people
December 2018114 people
March 2019118 people
June 2019108 people
September 2019111 people
December 2019129 people
March 2020126 people
June 2020124 people
September 2020122 people
December 2020123 people
March 2021116 people
June 2021113 people
September 2021109 people
December 2021111 people
March 2022128 people
June 2022143 people
September 2022145 people
December 2022150 people
March 2023181 people
June 2023195 people
September 2023194 people
December 2023132 people
March 2024129 people
June 2024133 people
September 2024149 people
December 2024157 people
March 2025128 people
June 202596 people
September 202578 people
December 202569 people
March 202662 people
June 202648 people

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