Home Office · nationality: Sri Lanka

Asylum backlog: Sri Lanka

at 30 June 2026

915people

Asylum backlog for Sri Lanka was 915 people at 30 June 2026, down 16.7% (183) on the period before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D03
  3. Application stage=Pending initial decision; Nationality=Sri Lanka
  4. column “Claims
  5. sum of 16 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

June 2010 to June 2026

Asylum backlog by nationality: June 2010 to June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour01k2k3k2010201520202025June 2010: 717 people · published 27 August 2026September 2010: 589 people · published 27 August 2026December 2010: 536 people · published 27 August 2026March 2011: 537 people · published 27 August 2026June 2011: 538 people · published 27 August 2026September 2011: 599 people · published 27 August 2026December 2011: 707 people · published 27 August 2026March 2012: 700 people · published 27 August 2026June 2012: 851 people · published 27 August 2026September 2012: 952 people · published 27 August 2026December 2012: 1,107 people · published 27 August 2026March 2013: 1,143 people · published 27 August 2026June 2013: 1,344 people · published 27 August 2026September 2013: 1,489 people · published 27 August 2026December 2013: 1,714 people · published 27 August 2026March 2014: 2,035 people · published 27 August 2026June 2014: 2,077 people · published 27 August 2026September 2014: 1,984 people · published 27 August 2026December 2014: 1,829 people · published 27 August 2026March 2015: 1,170 people · published 27 August 2026June 2015: 1,064 people · published 27 August 2026September 2015: 1,031 people · published 27 August 2026December 2015: 1,057 people · published 27 August 2026March 2016: 1,060 people · published 27 August 2026June 2016: 1,110 people · published 27 August 2026September 2016: 1,117 people · published 27 August 2026December 2016: 1,150 people · published 27 August 2026March 2017: 1,164 people · published 27 August 2026June 2017: 1,224 people · published 27 August 2026September 2017: 1,160 people · published 27 August 2026December 2017: 1,058 people · published 27 August 2026March 2018: 977 people · published 27 August 2026June 2018: 910 people · published 27 August 2026September 2018: 879 people · published 27 August 2026December 2018: 855 people · published 27 August 2026March 2019: 925 people · published 27 August 2026June 2019: 996 people · published 27 August 2026September 2019: 1,107 people · published 27 August 2026December 2019: 1,226 people · published 27 August 2026March 2020: 1,279 people · published 27 August 2026June 2020: 1,319 people · published 27 August 2026September 2020: 1,348 people · published 27 August 2026December 2020: 1,356 people · published 27 August 2026March 2021: 1,348 people · published 27 August 2026June 2021: 1,356 people · published 27 August 2026September 2021: 1,385 people · published 27 August 2026December 2021: 1,415 people · published 27 August 2026March 2022: 1,503 people · published 27 August 2026June 2022: 1,665 people · published 27 August 2026September 2022: 1,948 people · published 27 August 2026December 2022: 2,222 people · published 27 August 2026March 2023: 2,752 people · published 27 August 2026June 2023: 3,114 people · published 27 August 2026September 2023: 3,457 people · published 27 August 2026December 2023: 2,958 people · published 27 August 2026March 2024: 2,938 people · published 27 August 2026June 2024: 3,246 people · published 27 August 2026September 2024: 3,760 people · published 27 August 2026December 2024: 3,859 people · published 27 August 2026March 2025: 3,347 people · published 27 August 2026June 2025: 2,395 people · published 27 August 2026September 2025: 1,908 people · published 27 August 2026December 2025: 1,554 people · published 27 August 2026March 2026: 1,098 people · published 27 August 2026June 2026: 915 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