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Asylum backlog

Asylum backlog: 2016 to Year ending June 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k150k2016201820202022202420262016: 27,857 people · published 27 August 20262017: 29,522 people · published 27 August 20262018: 35,855 people · published 27 August 20262019: 51,228 people · published 27 August 20262020: 64,895 people · published 27 August 20262021: 100,564 people · published 27 August 20262022: 160,919 people · published 27 August 20262023: 128,786 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 90,812 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 40,168 people · published 27 August 2026
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Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics: asylum summary tables, Year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

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