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Asylum applications (main applicants), 1984 to 2009: record highs and lows

The extremes of asylum applications (main applicants), 1984 to 2009 as published by Home Office, across the 26 periods held here (1984 to 2009). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

Highest published

84,1322002

Lowest published

2,9051984

The full series

Asylum applications (main applicants), 1984 to 2009: 1984 to 2009ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabour025k50k75k199020001984: 2,905 applications · published 24 May 20191985: 4,389 applications · published 24 May 20191986: 4,266 applications · published 24 May 20191987: 4,256 applications · published 24 May 20191988: 3,998 applications · published 24 May 20191989: 11,640 applications · published 24 May 20191990: 26,205 applications · published 24 May 20191991: 44,840 applications · published 24 May 20191992: 24,605 applications · published 24 May 20191993: 22,370 applications · published 24 May 20191994: 32,831 applications · published 24 May 20191995: 43,963 applications · published 24 May 20191996: 29,642 applications · published 24 May 20191997: 32,502 applications · published 24 May 20191998: 46,014 applications · published 24 May 20191999: 71,158 applications · published 24 May 20192000: 80,315 applications · published 24 May 20192001: 71,027 applications · published 24 May 20192002: 84,132 applications · published 24 May 20192003: 49,407 applications · published 24 May 20192004: 33,960 applications · published 24 May 20192005: 25,712 applications · published 24 May 20192006: 23,608 applications · published 24 May 20192007: 23,431 applications · published 24 May 20192008: 25,932 applications · published 24 May 20192009: 24,487 applications · published 24 May 2019
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What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.