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Home Office · asylum case outcome group: Refused

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals: Refused

4 periods to 2025 Q4

14,016 decisions

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals for Refused totalled 14,016 decisions in the 4 periods to 2025 Q4, down 5.2% (768) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_IER_D03
  3. all rows; Asylum Case Outcome Group=Refused
  4. column “Outcomes”
  5. sum of 232 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2018 Q2 to 2025 Q4

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome: 2018 Q2 to 2025 Q4ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour02k4k20182020202220242018 Q2: 4 decisions · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 6 decisions · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 119 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 103 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 233 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 359 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 253 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 197 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,107 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 1,863 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 291 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 255 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 715 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 1,514 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 2,598 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 599 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 1,102 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 3,384 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 2,008 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 954 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 2,687 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 5,093 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 2,147 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 2,144 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 3,019 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 4,991 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 4,630 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 2,239 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 4,500 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 5,016 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 2,261 decisions · published 27 August 2026
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The chart as a table
PeriodInitial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome
2018 Q24 decisions
2018 Q36 decisions
2018 Q4119 decisions
2019 Q1103 decisions
2019 Q2233 decisions
2019 Q3359 decisions
2019 Q4253 decisions
2020 Q1197 decisions
2020 Q21,107 decisions
2020 Q31,863 decisions
2020 Q4291 decisions
2021 Q1255 decisions
2021 Q2715 decisions
2021 Q31,514 decisions
2021 Q42,598 decisions
2022 Q1599 decisions
2022 Q21,102 decisions
2022 Q33,384 decisions
2022 Q42,008 decisions
2023 Q1954 decisions
2023 Q22,687 decisions
2023 Q35,093 decisions
2023 Q42,147 decisions
2024 Q12,144 decisions
2024 Q23,019 decisions
2024 Q34,991 decisions
2024 Q44,630 decisions
2025 Q12,239 decisions
2025 Q24,500 decisions
2025 Q35,016 decisions
2025 Q42,261 decisions

What this measures

The outcomes to date of asylum claims made by people who arrived by small boat, counted in the quarter the person arrived and split by outcome group — grant of protection, grant of other leave, refused, withdrawn, administrative outcome, or awaiting an initial decision.

Final outcomes after appeal. Outcomes are restated at every release as claims resolve, so recent quarters show many claims still awaiting a decision and their split will change.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: small boat arrivals, asylum claims and NRM referrals datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 72071ed0ce3777a2…
All values
Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by asylum case outcome group