Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Asylum seekers receiving support: Afghanistan

at 30 June 2026

10,178people

Asylum seekers receiving support for Afghanistan was 10,178 people at 30 June 2026, down 4.3% (456) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D09
  3. all rows; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “People
  5. sum of 82 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

March 2014 to June 2026

Asylum support by nationality: March 2014 to June 2026CoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k2014201620182020202220242026March 2014: 1,173 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 1,247 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,350 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,600 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1,521 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 1,426 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,502 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1,783 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,847 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 2,088 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 2,339 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 2,467 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 2,350 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 2,152 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 2,210 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 2,272 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 2,509 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 2,515 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 2,522 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 2,516 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 2,447 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 2,339 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 2,288 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 2,230 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 2,081 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 2,173 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 2,201 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 2,134 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 2,011 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 2,015 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 1,989 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 2,334 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 1,946 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 2,026 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 1,936 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 6,809 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 7,289 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 7,776 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 10,245 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 9,680 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 9,255 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 8,831 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 10,225 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 11,010 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 10,764 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 10,875 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 11,718 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 11,361 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 10,634 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 10,178 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

People who claimed asylum but do not receive support, or refugees who have been granted status.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 72f915e4ae27e78b
All values
Asylum seekers receiving support by nationality