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Initial decisions on asylum claims

Initial decisions on asylum claims: 2016 to Year ending June 2026ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour050k100k2016201820202022202420262016: 31,011 people · published 27 August 20262017: 27,850 people · published 27 August 20262018: 28,969 people · published 27 August 20262019: 28,575 people · published 27 August 20262020: 18,477 people · published 27 August 20262021: 17,866 people · published 27 August 20262022: 22,790 people · published 27 August 20262023: 91,556 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 113,207 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 115,872 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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