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Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Asylum claims: Afghanistan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

5,952people

Asylum claims for Afghanistan totalled 5,952 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 25.1% (1,998) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 24 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k201020202001 Q1: 1,917 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 2,407 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 2,395 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 2,199 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 2,473 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 2,316 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 1,816 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 1,459 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 1,054 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 549 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 530 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 458 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 341 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 401 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 448 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 415 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 321 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 456 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 430 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 566 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 567 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 622 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 695 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 775 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 869 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 659 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 562 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 748 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 870 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 764 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 1,018 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 1,072 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 1,108 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 859 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 848 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 724 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 551 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 478 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 368 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 446 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 372 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 408 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 354 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 395 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 248 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 271 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 393 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 330 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 297 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 315 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 433 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 411 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 383 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 336 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 657 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 377 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 344 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 562 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 1,012 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 934 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 682 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 852 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 853 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 728 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 440 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 447 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 563 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 512 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 514 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 433 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 589 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 567 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 481 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 431 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 728 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 525 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 420 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 243 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 527 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 405 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 289 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 430 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,056 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 1,272 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 1,714 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,429 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 2,845 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 4,793 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 1,657 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 1,802 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 3,493 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2,338 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 1,697 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 1,431 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 2,690 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 2,281 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,229 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,750 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 2,246 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1,286 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 989 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,431 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) who claimed asylum in the UK in each quarter, split by the nationality recorded on the claim.

The number of cases (main applicants only), people who arrived without claiming asylum, or the outcome of the claims.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 10788dae8042fdb4…
All values
Asylum claims by nationality