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Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

Asylum backlog: Nigeria

at 30 June 2026

1,429people

Asylum backlog for Nigeria was 1,429 people at 30 June 2026, down 21.1% (382) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Nigeria
  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 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k2010201520202025June 2010: 376 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 339 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 307 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 323 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 342 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 332 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 392 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 414 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 485 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 582 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 685 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 732 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 809 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 868 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 960 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 1,197 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 1,292 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,139 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,080 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 866 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 866 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 878 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 847 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,033 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 1,288 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 1,382 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 1,396 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 1,530 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 1,635 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 1,621 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 1,569 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1,600 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1,569 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1,560 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 1,650 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 1,660 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 1,620 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,790 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 1,951 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 1,924 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 1,933 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 1,979 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 2,102 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 2,259 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 2,431 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 2,578 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 2,758 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 2,970 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 3,171 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 3,256 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 3,391 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 4,012 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 4,067 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 3,565 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 2,483 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 2,406 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 2,604 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 3,119 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 3,221 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 3,152 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 2,430 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 2,152 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 1,987 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,811 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 1,429 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