Home Office · nationality: Eritrea

Asylum claims: Eritrea

4 periods to 2026 Q2

6,952people

Asylum claims for Eritrea totalled 6,952 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 4.1% (295) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Eritrea
  4. column “Claims
  5. sum of 19 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour01k2k201020202001 Q1: 133 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 113 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 221 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 154 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 207 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 268 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 433 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 409 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 274 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 200 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 344 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 253 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 168 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 136 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 507 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 452 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 293 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 294 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 683 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 630 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 778 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 570 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 763 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 626 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 361 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 281 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 585 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 678 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 474 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 512 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 620 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 727 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 499 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 288 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 399 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 222 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 141 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 189 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 236 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 206 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 162 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 230 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 267 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 168 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 161 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 150 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 237 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 220 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 205 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 206 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 431 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 589 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 389 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 752 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 1,243 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 907 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 707 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 766 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 1,392 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 891 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 295 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 245 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 282 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 443 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 218 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 246 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 252 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 411 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 317 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 591 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 644 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 656 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 585 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 409 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 500 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 443 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 572 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 371 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 980 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 739 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 427 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 1,088 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 2,418 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 1,014 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 884 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 792 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 929 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 811 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 510 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 906 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,766 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 724 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 976 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 853 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 1,233 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,839 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,665 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 2,510 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 2,980 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 1,752 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 956 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 1,264 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