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Home Office · nationality: Nigeria

Asylum claims: Nigeria

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,179people

Asylum claims for Nigeria totalled 3,179 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, up 14.6% (404) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=Nigeria
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 22 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0250500750201020202001 Q1: 205 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 137 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 160 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 310 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 287 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 305 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 284 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 346 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 376 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 278 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 226 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 232 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 301 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 327 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 274 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 307 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 284 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 290 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 319 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 335 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 318 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 267 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 203 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 203 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 240 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 213 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 262 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 237 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 277 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 306 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 236 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 251 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 234 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 215 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 246 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 216 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 254 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 304 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 291 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 300 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 318 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 290 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 237 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 260 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 314 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 358 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 420 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 406 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 385 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 382 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 403 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 280 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 427 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 358 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 380 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 354 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 424 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 354 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 405 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 407 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 503 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 512 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 450 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 429 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 485 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 431 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 373 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 375 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 456 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 327 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 305 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 327 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 362 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 297 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 424 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 393 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 421 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 167 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 226 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 289 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 278 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 316 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 250 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 228 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 353 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 361 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 279 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 350 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 367 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 282 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 378 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 401 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 603 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 776 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 755 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 706 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 631 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 683 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 796 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 845 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 905 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 633 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