Home Office · nationality: Afghanistan

Asylum grants at initial decision: Afghanistan

4 periods to 2026 Q2

3,158people

Asylum grants at initial decision for Afghanistan totalled 3,158 people in the 4 periods to 2026 Q2, down 41.6% (2,249) on the 4 periods before.

  1. Home Office dataset
  2. Data_Asy_D02
  3. Case outcome group=Grant of Protection; Nationality=Afghanistan
  4. column “Decisions
  5. sum of 25 rows per period
  6. published 27 August 2026

2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2

Grants of protection by nationality: 2001 Q1 to 2026 Q2LabourLabourLabourLabourLabourCoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabour02k4k201020202001 Q1: 809 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q2: 653 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q3: 548 people · published 27 August 20262001 Q4: 311 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q1: 39 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q2: 27 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q3: 50 people · published 27 August 20262002 Q4: 40 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q1: 20 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q2: 39 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q3: 10 people · published 27 August 20262003 Q4: 17 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q1: 24 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q2: 9 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q3: 19 people · published 27 August 20262004 Q4: 6 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q1: 15 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q2: 21 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q3: 18 people · published 27 August 20262005 Q4: 23 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q1: 16 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q2: 18 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q3: 11 people · published 27 August 20262006 Q4: 19 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q1: 38 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q2: 38 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q3: 47 people · published 27 August 20262007 Q4: 28 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q1: 32 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q2: 60 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q3: 30 people · published 27 August 20262008 Q4: 47 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q1: 47 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q2: 71 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q3: 47 people · published 27 August 20262009 Q4: 63 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q1: 55 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q2: 53 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q3: 54 people · published 27 August 20262010 Q4: 59 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q1: 51 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q2: 28 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q3: 52 people · published 27 August 20262011 Q4: 42 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q1: 51 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q2: 53 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q3: 63 people · published 27 August 20262012 Q4: 40 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q1: 71 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q2: 75 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q3: 76 people · published 27 August 20262013 Q4: 87 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q1: 70 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q2: 95 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q3: 83 people · published 27 August 20262014 Q4: 194 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q1: 261 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q2: 83 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q3: 105 people · published 27 August 20262015 Q4: 146 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q1: 128 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q2: 119 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q3: 103 people · published 27 August 20262016 Q4: 168 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q1: 134 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q2: 156 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q3: 124 people · published 27 August 20262017 Q4: 115 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q1: 117 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q2: 111 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q3: 194 people · published 27 August 20262018 Q4: 241 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q1: 296 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q2: 285 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q3: 217 people · published 27 August 20262019 Q4: 260 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q1: 255 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q2: 87 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q3: 81 people · published 27 August 20262020 Q4: 113 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q1: 133 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q2: 142 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q3: 78 people · published 27 August 20262021 Q4: 453 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q1: 497 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q2: 345 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q3: 609 people · published 27 August 20262022 Q4: 521 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q1: 568 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q2: 640 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q3: 3,546 people · published 27 August 20262023 Q4: 4,573 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q1: 880 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q2: 520 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q3: 917 people · published 27 August 20262024 Q4: 1,907 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q1: 1,560 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q2: 1,023 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q3: 820 people · published 27 August 20262025 Q4: 990 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q1: 825 people · published 27 August 20262026 Q2: 523 people · published 27 August 2026

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What this measures

The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) granted protection at initial decision in each quarter (refugee permission, humanitarian protection and similar), split by nationality.

Grants of other leave such as discretionary or UASC leave, grants on appeal, or refusals.

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 grants at initial decision by nationality