Home Office · nationality: Somalia

Asylum claims: Somalia

4 periods to 2026 Q2

4,983people

Asylum claims for Somalia totalled 4,983 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 63.7% (1,939) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Somalia
  4. column “Claims
  5. sum of 23 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k3k201020202001 Q1: 1,388 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 1,440 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 2,245 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 1,346 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 1,711 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 2,015 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 3,106 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 2,593 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 2,061 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 1,197 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 2,172 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 1,764 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 1,310 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 657 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 742 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 586 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 592 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 523 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 543 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 447 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 631 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 491 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 567 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 484 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 480 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 478 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 547 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 473 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 476 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 416 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 364 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 318 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 321 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 253 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 289 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 240 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 181 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 172 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 165 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 161 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 186 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 142 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 162 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 170 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 162 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 136 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 191 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 189 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 154 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 128 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 124 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 114 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 103 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 96 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 115 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 98 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 114 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 106 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 99 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 118 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 76 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 125 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 110 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 93 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 85 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 78 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 86 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 89 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 91 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 65 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 81 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 100 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 98 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 75 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 89 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 107 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 111 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 31 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 80 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 93 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 48 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 68 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 269 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 313 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 256 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 101 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 109 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 126 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 114 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 127 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 272 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 159 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 145 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 229 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 394 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 579 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 661 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,410 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 1,720 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 992 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 566 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,705 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