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Asylum claims by nationality
The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) who claimed asylum in the UK in each quarter, split by the nationality recorded on the claim.
latest 12 months to 2026 Q2; 4 quarters summed · total 86,322 people · published 27 August 2026
| Nationality | Latest 12 months | Share | Previous 12 months | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 8,305 | 9.6% | 11,298 | ▼ 26.5% |
| Eritrea | 6,952 | 8.1% | 7,247 | ▼ 4.1% |
| Iran | 6,705 | 7.8% | 7,335 | ▼ 8.6% |
| Sudan | 5,992 | 6.9% | 5,260 | ▲ 13.9% |
| Afghanistan | 5,952 | 6.9% | 7,950 | ▼ 25.1% |
| Bangladesh | 5,769 | 6.7% | 6,779 | ▼ 14.9% |
| Somalia | 4,983 | 5.8% | 3,044 | ▲ 63.7% |
| India | 4,964 | 5.8% | 5,462 | ▼ 9.1% |
| Nigeria | 3,179 | 3.7% | 2,775 | ▲ 14.6% |
| Sri Lanka | 2,312 | 2.7% | 2,361 | ▼ 2.1% |
| Iraq | 2,029 | 2.4% | 2,764 | ▼ 26.6% |
| Ethiopia | 1,679 | 1.9% | 1,622 | ▲ 3.5% |
| Brazil | 1,635 | 1.9% | 2,567 | ▼ 36.3% |
| Albania | 1,603 | 1.9% | 2,439 | ▼ 34.3% |
| Vietnam | 1,598 | 1.9% | 3,688 | ▼ 56.7% |
| Turkey | 1,452 | 1.7% | 2,332 | ▼ 37.7% |
| Syria | 1,398 | 1.6% | 5,102 | ▼ 72.6% |
| China | 1,307 | 1.5% | 1,554 | ▼ 15.9% |
| Yemen | 1,261 | 1.5% | 2,594 | ▼ 51.4% |
| Georgia | 1,008 | 1.2% | 948 | ▲ 6.3% |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 934 | 1.1% | 573 | ▲ 63% |
| Refugee | 845 | 1% | 2,396 | ▼ 64.7% |
| Palestine | 809 | 0.9% | 708 | ▲ 14.3% |
| Kuwait | 807 | 0.9% | 1,139 | ▼ 29.1% |
| Cameroon | 694 | 0.8% | 678 | ▲ 2.4% |
| Stateless | 660 | 0.8% | 427 | ▲ 54.6% |
| Egypt | 626 | 0.7% | 924 | ▼ 32.3% |
| Ghana | 469 | 0.5% | 539 | ▼ 13% |
| Nepal | 469 | 0.5% | 595 | ▼ 21.2% |
| Libya | 461 | 0.5% | 962 | ▼ 52.1% |
| Sierra Leone | 407 | 0.5% | 264 | ▲ 54.2% |
| Ukraine | 392 | 0.5% | 1,912 | ▼ 79.5% |
| South Sudan | 387 | 0.4% | 395 | ▼ 2% |
| Tajikistan | 372 | 0.4% | 301 | ▲ 23.6% |
| Uganda | 363 | 0.4% | 444 | ▼ 18.2% |
| Algeria | 342 | 0.4% | 488 | ▼ 29.9% |
| Kazakhstan | 337 | 0.4% | 361 | ▼ 6.6% |
| Uzbekistan | 334 | 0.4% | 472 | ▼ 29.2% |
| Morocco | 329 | 0.4% | 323 | ▲ 1.9% |
| Zimbabwe | 297 | 0.3% | 174 | ▲ 70.7% |
| Tanzania | 283 | 0.3% | 183 | ▲ 54.6% |
| Kenya | 262 | 0.3% | 322 | ▼ 18.6% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 223 | 0.3% | 208 | ▲ 7.2% |
| Guinea | 173 | 0.2% | 128 | ▲ 35.2% |
| United States | 166 | 0.2% | 123 | ▲ 35% |
| Malaysia | 165 | 0.2% | 179 | ▼ 7.8% |
| Colombia | 161 | 0.2% | 1,263 | ▼ 87.3% |
| Gambia, The | 154 | 0.2% | 152 | ▲ 1.3% |
| Botswana | 152 | 0.2% | 298 | ▼ 49% |
| Honduras | 149 | 0.2% | 300 | ▼ 50.3% |
| Other and unknown | 147 | 0.2% | 135 | ▲ 8.9% |
| Jordan | 142 | 0.2% | 1,196 | ▼ 88.1% |
| Saudi Arabia | 125 | 0.1% | 180 | ▼ 30.6% |
| Senegal | 121 | 0.1% | 91 | ▲ 33% |
| Azerbaijan | 112 | 0.1% | 82 | ▲ 36.6% |
| Indonesia | 112 | 0.1% | 143 | ▼ 21.7% |
| Thailand | 106 | 0.1% | 154 | ▼ 31.2% |
| Peru | 105 | 0.1% | 165 | ▼ 36.4% |
| Tunisia | 105 | 0.1% | 122 | ▼ 13.9% |
| Poland | 104 | 0.1% | 92 | ▲ 13% |
| Russia | 102 | 0.1% | 157 | ▼ 35% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 99 | 0.1% | 138 | ▼ 28.3% |
| Romania | 93 | 0.1% | 80 | ▲ 16.3% |
| St Lucia | 93 | 0.1% | 130 | ▼ 28.5% |
| Philippines | 86 | 0.1% | 161 | ▼ 46.6% |
| South Africa | 76 | 0.1% | 86 | ▼ 11.6% |
| Lebanon | 74 | 0.1% | 179 | ▼ 58.7% |
| Mauritius | 72 | 0.1% | 82 | ▼ 12.2% |
| Nicaragua | 71 | 0.1% | 110 | ▼ 35.5% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 70 | 0.1% | 114 | ▼ 38.6% |
| Grenada | 69 | 0.1% | 90 | ▼ 23.3% |
| Mexico | 66 | 0.1% | 72 | ▼ 8.3% |
| Guyana | 65 | 0.1% | 32 | ▲ 103.1% |
| Israel | 60 | 0.1% | 28 | ▲ 114.3% |
| Jamaica | 60 | 0.1% | 51 | ▲ 17.6% |
| Bolivia | 56 | 0.1% | 77 | ▼ 27.3% |
| Chad | 44 | 0.1% | 79 | ▼ 44.3% |
| Bahrain | 41 | 0% | 202 | ▼ 79.7% |
| Namibia | 40 | 0% | 72 | ▼ 44.4% |
| Ecuador | 39 | 0% | 101 | ▼ 61.4% |
| Guatemala | 35 | 0% | 75 | ▼ 53.3% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 35 | 0% | 420 | ▼ 91.7% |
| Hungary | 33 | 0% | 45 | ▼ 26.7% |
| El Salvador | 32 | 0% | 61 | ▼ 47.5% |
| Lithuania | 30 | 0% | 25 | ▲ 20% |
| Oman | 30 | 0% | 29 | ▲ 3.4% |
| Mali | 29 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 70.6% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 29 | 0% | 27 | ▲ 7.4% |
| Kosovo | 28 | 0% | 32 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Ivory Coast | 27 | 0% | 49 | ▼ 44.9% |
| Barbados | 25 | 0% | 15 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Italy | 25 | 0% | 17 | ▲ 47.1% |
| Malawi | 25 | 0% | 23 | ▲ 8.7% |
| Slovakia | 25 | 0% | 18 | ▲ 38.9% |
| Sweden | 25 | 0% | 36 | ▼ 30.6% |
| Congo | 24 | 0% | 24 | → 0% |
| Argentina | 23 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 4.2% |
| Liberia | 23 | 0% | 13 | ▲ 76.9% |
| Burundi | 22 | 0% | 11 | ▲ 100% |
| Czechia | 22 | 0% | 20 | ▲ 10% |
| Rwanda | 22 | 0% | 31 | ▼ 29% |
| Angola | 21 | 0% | 26 | ▼ 19.2% |
| Panama | 21 | 0% | 13 | ▲ 61.5% |
| Venezuela | 21 | 0% | 32 | ▼ 34.4% |
| Mongolia | 20 | 0% | 45 | ▼ 55.6% |
| Portugal | 20 | 0% | 31 | ▼ 35.5% |
| Bulgaria | 19 | 0% | 26 | ▼ 26.9% |
| Latvia | 18 | 0% | 15 | ▲ 20% |
| Spain | 18 | 0% | 13 | ▲ 38.5% |
| Armenia | 17 | 0% | 11 | ▲ 54.5% |
| Cuba | 17 | 0% | 18 | ▼ 5.6% |
| East Timor | 17 | 0% | 196 | ▼ 91.3% |
| Dominica | 15 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 25% |
| Germany | 15 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 114.3% |
| Zambia | 15 | 0% | 18 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Canada | 14 | 0% | 13 | ▲ 7.7% |
| Chile | 14 | 0% | 14 | → 0% |
| Greece | 14 | 0% | 11 | ▲ 27.3% |
| Maldives | 14 | 0% | 12 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Paraguay | 14 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 75% |
| Costa Rica | 13 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 44.4% |
| Japan | 13 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 225% |
| Netherlands | 13 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 44.4% |
| North Macedonia | 13 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 62.5% |
| Belarus | 12 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 47.8% |
| France | 12 | 0% | 13 | ▼ 7.7% |
| Mozambique | 12 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 200% |
| North Korea | 12 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 200% |
| Solomon Islands | 12 | 0% | — | — |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 11 | 0% | 17 | ▼ 35.3% |
| Burkina Faso | 11 | 0% | 9 | ▲ 22.2% |
| Niger | 11 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 21.4% |
| Mauritania | 10 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 66.7% |
| New Zealand | 10 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 100% |
| Singapore | 10 | 0% | 10 | → 0% |
| Turkmenistan | 10 | 0% | 18 | ▼ 44.4% |
| British overseas citizens | 9 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 80% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 9 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 50% |
| Hong Kong | 9 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 60.9% |
| Moldova | 9 | 0% | 15 | ▼ 40% |
| Serbia and Montenegro | 9 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 125% |
| Seychelles | 9 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 12.5% |
| United Arab Emirates | 9 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 80% |
| Vanuatu | 9 | 0% | — | — |
| Austria | 8 | 0% | — | — |
| Belize | 8 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 100% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 8 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 100% |
| Finland | 8 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 100% |
| South Korea | 8 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 33.3% |
| Uruguay | 8 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 60% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 7 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Cape Verde | 7 | 0% | — | — |
| Comoros | 7 | 0% | 13 | ▼ 46.2% |
| Cyprus | 7 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 30% |
| Macau | 7 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 40% |
| Papua New Guinea | 7 | 0% | 7 | → 0% |
| Serbia | 7 | 0% | — | — |
| Togo | 7 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 50% |
| Tonga | 7 | 0% | — | — |
| American Samoa (United States) | 6 | 0% | — | — |
| Australia | 6 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 40% |
| Belgium | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Benin | 6 | 0% | 23 | ▼ 73.9% |
| Bhutan | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Brunei | 6 | 0% | — | — |
| Djibouti | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Eswatini | 6 | 0% | 11 | ▼ 45.5% |
| Gabon | 6 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 40% |
| Laos | 6 | 0% | 6 | → 0% |
| Montenegro | 6 | 0% | — | — |
| Qatar | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Western Sahara | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Bahamas, The | 5 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Central African Republic | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Estonia | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Fiji | 5 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 25% |
| Lesotho | 5 | 0% | 5 | → 0% |
| Malta | 5 | 0% | — | — |
| Switzerland | 5 | 0% | — | — |
| Taiwan | 5 | 0% | 11 | ▼ 54.5% |
| Cambodia | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Croatia | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Denmark | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Haiti | 4 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 42.9% |
| Ireland | 4 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 20% |
| Madagascar | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Nauru | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Norway | 4 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 50% |
| Sao Tome and Principe | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Slovenia | 4 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 60% |
| Suriname | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Andorra | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Aruba (Dutch) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Christmas Island (Australian) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| French Guiana (French) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Norfolk Island (Australian) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Bermuda (British) | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| San Marino | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Anguilla (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Former Yugoslavia | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Greenland | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Luxembourg | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Palau | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Svalbard and Jan Mayen Islands (Norwegian) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Tokelau (New Zealand) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Turks and Caicos Islands (British) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Tuvalu | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Virgin Islands (United States) | 1 | 0% | — | — |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets · sheet Data_Asy_D01
- Rows
- all rows; values are the sum of the published rows for each nationality and period.
- Caveat
- The number of cases (main applicants only), people who arrived without claiming asylum, or the outcome of the claims.
- Parent metric
- Asylum claims
- API
- /api/metrics/asylum_claims_by_nationality/vintages