Home Office · nationality: Eritrea

Asylum backlog: Eritrea

at 30 June 2026

1,865people

Asylum backlog for Eritrea was 1,865 people at 30 June 2026, up 6.8% (119) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Eritrea
  4. column “Claims
  5. sum of 16 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

June 2010 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k6k2010201520202025June 2010: 365 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 324 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 313 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 372 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 383 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 373 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 319 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 264 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 277 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 318 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 317 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 288 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 259 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 405 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 736 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 852 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 1,233 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,737 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,510 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1,477 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 1,330 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,733 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1,954 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,969 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 2,084 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 1,896 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 1,350 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 889 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 803 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 779 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 910 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 962 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,280 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,598 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 1,769 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 1,770 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 1,654 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,675 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 1,611 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 1,695 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 1,841 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 2,653 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 3,044 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 3,048 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 3,708 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 5,777 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 6,457 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 6,718 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 6,835 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 6,978 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 7,032 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 6,966 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 5,708 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 5,226 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 4,325 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 4,963 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 5,379 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 4,799 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 3,930 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 3,133 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 3,935 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 3,957 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 2,567 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,746 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 1,865 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) whose asylum claim was awaiting an initial decision at the end of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

Claims awaiting an appeal or further review, or the number of cases (main applicants only).

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims awaiting a decision dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 1fe6c189fa542968
All values
Asylum backlog by nationality