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74,751 asylum applications
- Nearly 75,000 asylum claims were made by main applicants, which amounts to almost 90,000 people in total when including dependants. The Home Office stated: "There were 74,751 asylum applications (relating to 89,398 people) in the UK in 2022. This is more than twice the number of applications in 2019 and the highest number for almost 2 decades."
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May 26, 2022 · There were 55,146 asylum applications (relating to 65,008 people) in the UK in the year ending March 2022. This was 56% more than in the year ending March 2020 and the highest number for almost...
Sep 10, 2024 · In 2022, there were around 13 asylum applications for every 10,000 people living in the UK. Across the EU27 there were 25 asylum applications for every 10,000 people. The UK was therefore below the average among EU countries for asylum applications per head of population, ranking 17 th among EU27 countries plus the UK on this measure.
Feb 23, 2023 · The UK offered protection to 23,841 people (including dependants) in 2022 in the following forms: 16,649 were granted refugee permission following an asylum application. 56 were granted...
- This section covers individuals offered ‘leave to remain in the UK’ via 3 routes: applying for asylum resettlement family reunion visas The resettl...
- There were 74,751 asylum applications (relating to 89,398 people) in the UK in 2022. This is more than twice the number of applications in 2019 and...
- 3.1 At initial decisionIn 2022, there were 18,699 initial decisions made on asylum applications. Although the number of decisions has increased by...
- Inadmissibility data for October to December 2022 was not available at the time of data extraction for this release, due to ongoing work as immigra...
- People in the asylum system who are destitute are entitled to a level of support from the Home Office. This could be the provision of accommodation...
- This section provides information on those applying for and granted protection in the UK through both asylum and resettlement routes. Further data...
- Data referred to here can be found in the following tables: Asylum and resettlement summary tables Detailed asylum and resettlement datasets Additi...
- People granted protection and other leave through asylum and resettlement routes. This section covers individuals granted leave to remain in the UK via three routes: applying for asylum, resettlement, and family reunion visas.
- Asylum applications. There were 63,089 asylum applications (relating to 75,181 people) in the UK in the year ending June 2022. This was 77% more than in 2019 and the highest number for almost two decades.
- Outcomes of asylum applications. 3.1 At initial decision. In the year ending June 2022, there were 14,706 initial decisions made on asylum applications.
- Inadmissibility. From 1 January 2021, following the UK’s departure from the EU, new inadmissibility rules came into effect. The inadmissibility rules provide the grounds for treating an asylum claim as inadmissible to the UK asylum system, if a person has earlier presence in, or connection to, a safe third country.
Key Points. Between 2018 and 2022 the UK’s asylum backlog increased sharply from 27,000 to 132,000 applications. It fell by 28% in 2023 following several government measures to process applications faster. More… The number of asylum caseworkers increased sharply in 2023, and productivity recovered after a long period of decline. More…
128 asylum seekers left via enforced removals from the UK in the year ending March 2022, a 48% decrease from the year ending March 2021 (244). 666 asylum seekers left under Voluntary Return schemes in the year ending March 2022, a 11% decrease from the year ending March 2021 (752).
May 26, 2022 · The data show that 76% of asylum claims among young men aged 18-29—a group often singled out in policy discussions—were also positive in the year ending March 2022. Data released today also showed that the UK’s asylum backlog has continued to grow, reaching almost 110,000 people at the end of March 2022.
