Civometry

Home Office · 2018 Q2 to 2025 Q4 · decisions

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome

Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome: 2018 Q2 to 2025 Q4ConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k15k20182020202220242018 Q2: 4 decisions · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 15 decisions · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 261 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 198 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 391 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 732 decisions · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 492 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 459 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 1,997 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 4,411 decisions · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 1,409 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 1,343 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 4,433 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 9,467 decisions · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 10,033 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 4,435 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 7,893 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 17,471 decisions · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 11,389 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 3,612 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 6,925 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 12,679 decisions · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4,394 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 5,245 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 7,689 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 11,139 decisions · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 11,203 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 6,435 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 12,970 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 13,639 decisions · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 6,908 decisions · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodInitial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome
2018 Q24 decisions
2018 Q315 decisions
2018 Q4261 decisions
2019 Q1198 decisions
2019 Q2391 decisions
2019 Q3732 decisions
2019 Q4492 decisions
2020 Q1459 decisions
2020 Q21,997 decisions
2020 Q34,411 decisions
2020 Q41,409 decisions
2021 Q11,343 decisions
2021 Q24,433 decisions
2021 Q39,467 decisions
2021 Q410,033 decisions
2022 Q14,435 decisions
2022 Q27,893 decisions
2022 Q317,471 decisions
2022 Q411,389 decisions
2023 Q13,612 decisions
2023 Q26,925 decisions
2023 Q312,679 decisions
2023 Q44,394 decisions
2024 Q15,245 decisions
2024 Q27,689 decisions
2024 Q311,139 decisions
2024 Q411,203 decisions
2025 Q16,435 decisions
2025 Q212,970 decisions
2025 Q313,639 decisions
2025 Q46,908 decisions

Source: Home Office, Immigration system statistics: small boat arrivals, asylum claims and NRM referrals datasets, Year ending June 2026 (published 27 August 2026). Data presentation: Civometry.

Share and download

Embed

Interactive embed with title, period, official source and a link back:

<iframe src="https://civometry.com/embed/small-boat-asylum-decisions-by-outcome" width="720" height="400" style="border:0;max-width:100%" title="Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome | Civometry" loading="lazy"></iframe>

Or a static image; the alt text carries the official source:

<a href="https://civometry.com/charts/small-boat-asylum-decisions-by-outcome"><img src="https://civometry.com/charts/small-boat-asylum-decisions-by-outcome/svg?" alt="Initial decisions on asylum claims from small boat arrivals by outcome, 2018 Q2 to 2025 Q4. Source: Home Office. Data presentation: Civometry." width="720" height="300"></a>