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A total of 160,919 asylum seekers were waiting for an initial decision on their claim at the end of December. UK asylum backlog hits new record of 160,000 Skip to main content
For example, in 2013, 17,647 initial decisions on asylum claims were made by the Home Office, of which 5,734 (32.5 per cent) determined the applicant to be a refugee and granted them asylum, 53 (0.3 per cent) granted humanitarian protection and 540 (3.1 per cent) granted discretionary leave. 11,105 applications (62.9 per cent) were refused. [40]
In 2021, net migration to the UK was 488,000, [85] [86] up from 184,000 in 2019 before the COVID-19 pandemic. [87] Net migration to the UK reached a record high of 764,000 in 2022, with immigration at 1.26 million and emigration at 493,000. [7] Most of the migrants came from non-EU countries, including India, Nigeria, China and Pakistan.
The British government has been given powers to detain asylum seekers and migrants at any stage of the asylum process. [21] The use of asylum has increased with the introduction of the process of "fast track", or the procedure by which the Immigration Service assess asylum claims which are capable of being decided quickly.
The number of people waiting for an initial decision on their asylum application to the UK almost quadrupled in the last five years from 29,522 in December 2017 to 122,206 in June 2022, according ...
The number of Colombians claiming asylum in the UK has soared, prompting the Government to impose visa rules on visitors from the country. ... increase in asylum claims and “high rates of ...
Home Office figures show a total of 118,882 people were waiting for an initial decision on an asylum application in the UK at the end of June 2024. UK’s asylum backlog creeping up after 32% dip ...
Refugees and asylum seekers make up about 10 percent of all international migrants, and according to the International Organization for Migration, the 20 countries with the highest number of COVID-19 infections are home to 9.2 million refugees, almost half of all refugees worldwide. Internally-displaced migrants - individuals displaced within ...