Alex Norris on asylum claims, 9 March 2026
The statement
In the UK, there have been over 80,000 asylum claims for the last two years; for the previous decade, claims averaged 27,500.
Alex Norris, 9 March 2026. Source
What the sources report
- Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025 reports people claiming asylum in the UK (2025): 100625peoplesrc
- Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2024 reports people claiming asylum in the UK (2024): 108138peoplesrc
- Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026 reports people claiming asylum in the UK (year ending June 2026, latest): 85891peoplesrc
Notes
The Home Office reports 100,625 people claiming asylum in 2025 and 108,138 in 2024.
The Home Office says annual claims ranged between about 22,000 and 46,000 a year until 2021.
The latest figure is 85,891 for the year ending June 2026.
Each figure's own page, with every change: People claiming asylum in the UK (2024), People claiming asylum in the UK (2025), People claiming asylum in the UK (year ending June 2026, latest).
Receipts
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- Parliament recordStatement source: Alex Norris
- Government publicationHome Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025: People claiming asylum in the UK (2025)
- Government publicationHome Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2024: People claiming asylum in the UK (2024)
- Government publicationHome Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026: People claiming asylum in the UK (year ending June 2026, latest)
- Government publicationHome Office: How many people claim asylum in the UK (year ending December 2025)
- Government publicationHome Office: How many people claim asylum in the UK (year ending December 2024)
- Government publicationHome Office: How many people claim asylum in the UK (year ending June 2026)