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Home Office · nationality: South Africa

Asylum backlog: South Africa

at 30 June 2026

48people

Asylum backlog for South Africa was 48 people at 30 June 2026, down 22.6% (14) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=South Africa
  4. column “Claims”
  5. sum of 13 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

June 2010 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour0501001502010201520202025June 2010: 79 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 63 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 62 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 43 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 34 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 33 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 26 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 35 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 37 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 40 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 48 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 51 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 49 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 47 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 49 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 56 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 61 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 57 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 48 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 55 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 52 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 45 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 36 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 48 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 67 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 60 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 49 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 64 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 75 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 90 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 78 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 96 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 104 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 109 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 114 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 118 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 108 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 111 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 129 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 126 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 124 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 122 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 123 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 116 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 113 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 109 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 111 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 128 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 143 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 145 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 150 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 181 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 195 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 194 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 132 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 129 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 133 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 149 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 157 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 128 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 96 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 78 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 69 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 62 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 48 people · published 27 August 2026
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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) whose asylum claim was awaiting an initial decision at the end of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.

Claims awaiting an appeal or further review, or the number of cases (main applicants only).

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims awaiting a decision dataset
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 1fe6c189fa542968…
All values
Asylum backlog by nationality