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Home Office · nationality: Iran

Asylum backlog: Iran

at 30 June 2026

2,763people

Asylum backlog for Iran was 2,763 people at 30 June 2026, down 16.2% (535) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Iran
  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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour010k20k2010201520202025June 2010: 652 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 705 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 629 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 595 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 660 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 805 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 933 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 798 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 876 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 1,017 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 1,310 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 1,279 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 1,239 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 1,460 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 1,898 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 2,140 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 2,293 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 2,089 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 2,014 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1,273 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 1,014 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,259 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 2,160 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 2,860 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 2,938 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 2,695 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 2,528 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 2,124 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 1,914 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 1,880 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 1,969 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,889 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,817 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 2,198 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 3,129 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 3,218 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 3,265 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 3,782 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 4,531 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 4,503 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 4,841 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 5,632 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 6,056 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 5,961 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 6,302 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 9,111 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 13,529 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 14,003 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 14,783 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 16,389 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 18,593 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 19,810 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 20,264 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 16,491 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 13,098 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 10,954 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 9,767 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 10,784 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 8,952 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 6,163 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 4,533 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 4,959 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 4,034 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 3,298 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 2,763 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