Asylum seekers receiving support: record highs and lows
The extremes of asylum seekers receiving support as published by Home Office, across the 18 periods held here (2010 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.
Highest published
112,1872024
Lowest published
21,2492012
The full series
The chart as a table
| Period | Asylum seekers receiving support |
|---|---|
| 2010 | 22,689 people |
| 2011 | 21,856 people |
| 2012 | 21,249 people |
| 2013 | 29,487 people |
| 2014 | 36,223 people |
| 2015 | 40,169 people |
| 2016 | 45,152 people |
| 2017 | 46,652 people |
| 2018 | 50,426 people |
| 2019 | 50,091 people |
| 2020 | 64,041 people |
| 2021 | 84,457 people |
| 2022 | 110,171 people |
| 2023 | 111,132 people |
| Year ending June 2025 | 106,075 people |
| Year ending June 2026 | 93,293 people |
What a record here is, and is not
A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.