Home Office · nationality: Spain

Asylum backlog: Spain

at 30 June 2026

5 people

Asylum backlog for Spain was 5 people at 30 June 2026, down 37.5% (3) on the period before.

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

June 2011 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2011 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour051015201520202025June 2011: 1 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 1 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 2 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 1 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 2 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 1 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 1 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 1 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 1 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 2 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 1 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 9 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 8 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 8 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 9 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 14 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 16 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 18 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 11 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 9 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 10 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 8 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 10 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 8 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 5 people · published 27 August 2026

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The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum backlog by nationality
June 20111 people
September 20111 people
March 20131 people
June 20132 people
September 20131 people
December 20131 people
March 20142 people
June 20141 people
March 20151 people
June 20151 people
December 20151 people
March 20161 people
June 20161 people
March 20181 people
June 20181 people
September 20181 people
September 20222 people
December 20221 people
March 20239 people
June 20238 people
September 20238 people
December 20239 people
March 202414 people
June 202416 people
September 202418 people
December 202411 people
March 20259 people
June 202510 people
September 20258 people
December 202510 people
March 20268 people
June 20265 people

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