Home Office · 13 December 20195 July 2024

People offered safe and legal (humanitarian) routes during the Conservative 2019–2024 government

20182023 · 5 periods

769.3%+88,606 people

People offered safe and legal (humanitarian) routes rose by 769.3% over the period, from 11,518 people (2018, the level when the government took office) to 100,124 (2023, the last complete period before it left office).

  1. Inherited level 2018: 11,518
  2. Level when it left 2023: 100,124
  3. method: latest complete period before start / before end

Changes during this period do not by themselves show what the government caused. Statistics reflect many influences, including earlier decisions, the economy and how the data is collected.

People offered safe and legal (humanitarian) routes: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0100k200k20102015202020252010: 5,603 people · published 27 August 20262011: 4,765 people · published 27 August 20262012: 4,721 people · published 27 August 20262013: 5,088 people · published 27 August 20262014: 5,236 people · published 27 August 20262015: 6,714 people · published 27 August 20262016: 11,251 people · published 27 August 20262017: 11,411 people · published 27 August 20262018: 11,518 people · published 27 August 20262019: 13,068 people · published 27 August 20262020: 5,620 people · published 27 August 20262021: 120,095 people · published 27 August 20262022: 299,285 people · published 27 August 20262023: 100,124 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 142,418 people · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 124,930 people · published 27 August 2026

Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover or use arrow keys to read a value

Definition and caveats

The number of people offered a safe and legal (humanitarian) route to the UK in a 12-month period: resettlement arrivals, British National (Overseas) visa grants, Ukraine scheme visa grants and refugee family reunion visa grants, whether granted in or out of the country.

Doesn’t measure: People granted protection after claiming asylum in the UK, or people who arrived by irregular routes.