Home Office · nationality: China

Asylum claims: China

4 periods to 2026 Q2

1,307people

Asylum claims for China totalled 1,307 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 15.9% (247) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D01
  3. all rows; Nationality=China
  4. column “Claims
  5. sum of 23 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Asylum claims by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour0250500750201020202001 Q1: 437 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 510 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 650 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 792 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 916 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 958 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 951 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 897 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 912 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 724 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 992 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 865 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 632 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 603 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 629 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 546 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 438 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 390 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 469 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 478 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 474 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 558 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 543 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 455 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 510 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 533 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 673 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 517 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 379 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 443 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 451 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 340 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 417 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 401 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 433 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 333 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 355 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 386 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 300 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 328 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 288 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 241 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 235 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 259 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 229 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 228 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 252 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 261 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 287 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 232 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 295 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 265 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 369 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 255 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 293 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 198 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 186 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 169 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 209 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 202 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 250 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 297 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 241 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 216 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 226 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 222 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 295 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 315 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 278 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 294 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 335 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 322 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 322 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 362 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 396 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 455 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 320 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 137 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 203 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 218 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 176 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 168 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 146 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 141 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 242 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 234 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 260 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 281 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 288 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 278 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 459 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 515 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 442 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 360 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 432 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 388 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 340 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 394 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 392 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 354 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 282 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 279 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

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.

The number of cases (main applicants only), people who arrived without claiming asylum, or the outcome of the claims.

Source

Dataset
Immigration system statistics: asylum claims and initial decisions datasets
Release
Year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026 · sha256 10788dae8042fdb4
All values
Asylum claims by nationality