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Home Office · nationality: Iraq

Asylum claims: Iraq

4 periods to 2026 Q2

2,029people

Asylum claims for Iraq totalled 2,029 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 26.6% (735) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Iraq
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 22 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k201020202001 Q1: 2,004 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 1,036 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 1,839 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 1,802 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 2,895 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 3,571 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 4,545 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 4,626 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 2,268 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 673 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 739 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 608 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 362 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 432 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 514 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 570 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 608 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 461 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 313 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 211 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 148 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 183 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 489 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 496 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 388 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 286 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 583 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 815 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 755 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 341 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 438 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 505 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 396 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 189 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 223 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 185 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 133 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 94 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 143 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 126 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 113 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 68 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 109 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 87 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 113 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 87 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 111 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 112 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 95 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 98 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 107 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 150 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 187 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 118 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 329 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 277 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 291 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 295 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 751 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 1,311 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 1,070 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 876 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 828 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 960 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 900 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 635 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 750 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 1,071 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 897 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 679 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 909 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 1,175 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 1,181 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 933 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 906 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 988 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 777 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 813 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,104 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 649 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 585 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 766 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2,081 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 4,216 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,266 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,437 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 1,801 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,063 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 815 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 973 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,339 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 978 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 670 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 806 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 912 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 739 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 465 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 648 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 782 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 576 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 327 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 344 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) who claimed asylum in the UK in each quarter, split by the nationality recorded on the claim.

The number of cases (main applicants only), people who arrived without claiming asylum, or the outcome of the claims.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 10788dae8042fdb4…
All values
Asylum claims by nationality