Home Office · nationality: Refugee

Asylum grants at initial decision: Refugee

4 periods to 2026 Q2

1,849people

Asylum grants at initial decision for Refugee totalled 1,849 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 23.4% (566) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D02
  3. Case outcome group=Grant of Protection; Nationality=Refugee
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 22 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Grants of protection by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour05001k201020202001 Q1: 1 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 1 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 4 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 7 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 23 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 11 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 6 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 4 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 7 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 12 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 2 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 8 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 4 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 18 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 14 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 22 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 15 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 14 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 7 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 22 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 11 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 17 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 26 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 31 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 45 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 76 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 54 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 62 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 41 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 88 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 19 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 30 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 14 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 52 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 62 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 46 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 28 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 38 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 37 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 66 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 46 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 109 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 120 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 69 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 70 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 147 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 108 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 56 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 16 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 64 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 60 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 37 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 28 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 43 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 87 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 143 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 93 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 132 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 178 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 106 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 73 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 168 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 98 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 62 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 75 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 145 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 175 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 114 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 116 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 144 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 134 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 249 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 161 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 98 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 116 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 1,094 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 724 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 342 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 133 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 184 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 810 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 833 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 588 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 824 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 542 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 321 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 162 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) granted protection at initial decision in each quarter (refugee permission, humanitarian protection and similar), split by nationality.

Grants of other leave such as discretionary or UASC leave, grants on appeal, or refusals.

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 grants at initial decision by nationality