Home Office · nationality: Syria

Asylum backlog: Syria

at 30 June 2026

2,136people

Asylum backlog for Syria was 2,136 people at 30 June 2026, down 52.7% (2,384) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Syria
  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: 59 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 50 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 42 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 43 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 60 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 164 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 196 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 163 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 195 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 304 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 313 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 252 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 283 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 466 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 592 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 775 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 834 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,011 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,259 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1,340 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 898 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,030 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1,532 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,373 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 1,112 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 1,078 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 969 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 703 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 592 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 619 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 553 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 477 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 470 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 549 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 675 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 759 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 884 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,075 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 1,216 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 1,225 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 1,416 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 1,849 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 2,205 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 2,334 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 2,655 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 3,362 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 4,781 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 5,364 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 5,824 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 6,776 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 7,372 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 7,646 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 7,686 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 5,443 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 4,456 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 5,015 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 5,691 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 6,502 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 7,029 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 7,386 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 7,331 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 7,936 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 7,501 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 4,520 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 2,136 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