Home Office · Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support dataset · 179 values
Asylum seekers receiving support by nationality
The number of people (main applicants and their dependants) receiving Home Office asylum support at the end of the quarter, split by nationality. This is a stock, not a flow.
at June 2026 · total 93,293 people · published 27 August 2026
| Nationality | Latest | Share | A year earlier | Change |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iraq | 10,715 | 11.5% | 13,878 | ▼ 22.8% |
| Afghanistan | 10,178 | 10.9% | 10,875 | ▼ 6.4% |
| Iran | 6,709 | 7.2% | 9,881 | ▼ 32.1% |
| Syria | 6,282 | 6.7% | 6,246 | ▲ 0.6% |
| Pakistan | 5,194 | 5.6% | 4,822 | ▲ 7.7% |
| Somalia | 4,719 | 5.1% | 2,915 | ▲ 61.9% |
| Eritrea | 3,529 | 3.8% | 5,258 | ▼ 32.9% |
| Nigeria | 2,959 | 3.2% | 2,917 | ▲ 1.4% |
| Albania | 2,675 | 2.9% | 3,813 | ▼ 29.8% |
| Bangladesh | 2,512 | 2.7% | 2,006 | ▲ 25.2% |
| Turkey | 2,436 | 2.6% | 2,459 | ▼ 0.9% |
| India | 2,110 | 2.3% | 1,969 | ▲ 7.2% |
| Sudan | 2,100 | 2.3% | 3,035 | ▼ 30.8% |
| Vietnam | 2,061 | 2.2% | 2,288 | ▼ 9.9% |
| Sri Lanka | 1,961 | 2.1% | 2,114 | ▼ 7.2% |
| Ethiopia | 1,912 | 2% | 1,870 | ▲ 2.2% |
| Egypt | 1,672 | 1.8% | 1,994 | ▼ 16.1% |
| Colombia | 1,627 | 1.7% | 2,048 | ▼ 20.6% |
| Georgia | 1,583 | 1.7% | 1,506 | ▲ 5.1% |
| Namibia | 1,372 | 1.5% | 1,737 | ▼ 21% |
| Kuwait | 1,274 | 1.4% | 1,523 | ▼ 16.3% |
| Jordan | 1,048 | 1.1% | 1,253 | ▼ 16.4% |
| China | 1,040 | 1.1% | 1,324 | ▼ 21.5% |
| Algeria | 869 | 0.9% | 1,068 | ▼ 18.6% |
| Libya | 755 | 0.8% | 580 | ▲ 30.2% |
| Yemen | 699 | 0.7% | 1,339 | ▼ 47.8% |
| Botswana | 670 | 0.7% | 729 | ▼ 8.1% |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 542 | 0.6% | — | — |
| Stateless | 527 | 0.6% | 937 | ▼ 43.8% |
| Morocco | 504 | 0.5% | 501 | ▲ 0.6% |
| Brazil | 487 | 0.5% | 557 | ▼ 12.6% |
| Sierra Leone | 468 | 0.5% | 353 | ▲ 32.6% |
| Honduras | 466 | 0.5% | 784 | ▼ 40.6% |
| Palestine | 384 | 0.4% | 551 | ▼ 30.3% |
| Tanzania | 363 | 0.4% | 257 | ▲ 41.2% |
| Other and unknown | 359 | 0.4% | 243 | ▲ 47.7% |
| Congo (Democratic Republic) | 344 | 0.4% | 408 | ▼ 15.7% |
| Zimbabwe | 315 | 0.3% | 320 | ▼ 1.6% |
| Cameroon | 308 | 0.3% | 296 | ▲ 4.1% |
| Refugee | 286 | 0.3% | 507 | ▼ 43.6% |
| Ghana | 279 | 0.3% | 275 | ▲ 1.5% |
| South Sudan | 278 | 0.3% | 328 | ▼ 15.2% |
| Tunisia | 277 | 0.3% | 280 | ▼ 1.1% |
| St Lucia | 238 | 0.3% | 192 | ▲ 24% |
| Gambia, The | 222 | 0.2% | 228 | ▼ 2.6% |
| Mauritius | 219 | 0.2% | 267 | ▼ 18% |
| Guinea | 216 | 0.2% | 227 | ▼ 4.8% |
| Nicaragua | 208 | 0.2% | 273 | ▼ 23.8% |
| Angola | 204 | 0.2% | 251 | ▼ 18.7% |
| Kenya | 203 | 0.2% | 229 | ▼ 11.4% |
| Senegal | 193 | 0.2% | 149 | ▲ 29.5% |
| Malaysia | 190 | 0.2% | 229 | ▼ 17% |
| El Salvador | 185 | 0.2% | 314 | ▼ 41.1% |
| Lebanon | 179 | 0.2% | 223 | ▼ 19.7% |
| Azerbaijan | 173 | 0.2% | 157 | ▲ 10.2% |
| Chad | 173 | 0.2% | 248 | ▼ 30.2% |
| Uganda | 172 | 0.2% | 205 | ▼ 16.1% |
| Tajikistan | 165 | 0.2% | 126 | ▲ 31% |
| South Africa | 163 | 0.2% | 184 | ▼ 11.4% |
| Russia | 160 | 0.2% | 293 | ▼ 45.4% |
| Peru | 151 | 0.2% | 148 | ▲ 2% |
| St Vincent and the Grenadines | 126 | 0.1% | 133 | ▼ 5.3% |
| Grenada | 122 | 0.1% | 110 | ▲ 10.9% |
| Saudi Arabia | 119 | 0.1% | 183 | ▼ 35% |
| Bahrain | 118 | 0.1% | 138 | ▼ 14.5% |
| Ivory Coast | 118 | 0.1% | 136 | ▼ 13.2% |
| Guatemala | 109 | 0.1% | 136 | ▼ 19.9% |
| Mongolia | 106 | 0.1% | 131 | ▼ 19.1% |
| Congo | 101 | 0.1% | 112 | ▼ 9.8% |
| Ukraine | 98 | 0.1% | 100 | ▼ 2% |
| Rwanda | 95 | 0.1% | 99 | ▼ 4% |
| Mexico | 88 | 0.1% | 101 | ▼ 12.9% |
| Uzbekistan | 78 | 0.1% | 94 | ▼ 17% |
| United States | 77 | 0.1% | 70 | ▲ 10% |
| Guyana | 70 | 0.1% | 28 | ▲ 150% |
| Nepal | 70 | 0.1% | 75 | ▼ 6.7% |
| Malawi | 66 | 0.1% | 72 | ▼ 8.3% |
| Philippines | 66 | 0.1% | 75 | ▼ 12% |
| Jamaica | 65 | 0.1% | 78 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Ecuador | 62 | 0.1% | 58 | ▲ 6.9% |
| St Kitts and Nevis | 55 | 0.1% | 39 | ▲ 41% |
| Israel | 54 | 0.1% | 42 | ▲ 28.6% |
| Kazakhstan | 49 | 0.1% | 73 | ▼ 32.9% |
| Oman | 47 | 0.1% | 42 | ▲ 11.9% |
| Mali | 45 | 0% | 42 | ▲ 7.1% |
| Burundi | 44 | 0% | 44 | → 0% |
| Bolivia | 41 | 0% | 54 | ▼ 24.1% |
| Poland | 41 | 0% | 50 | ▼ 18% |
| Dominica | 38 | 0% | 49 | ▼ 22.4% |
| Liberia | 38 | 0% | 39 | ▼ 2.6% |
| Kosovo | 37 | 0% | 36 | ▲ 2.8% |
| Kyrgyzstan | 36 | 0% | 40 | ▼ 10% |
| Panama | 33 | 0% | 22 | ▲ 50% |
| Benin | 30 | 0% | 38 | ▼ 21.1% |
| Argentina | 29 | 0% | 35 | ▼ 17.1% |
| Myanmar (Burma) | 29 | 0% | 49 | ▼ 40.8% |
| Hong Kong | 28 | 0% | 55 | ▼ 49.1% |
| Thailand | 27 | 0% | 28 | ▼ 3.6% |
| Barbados | 25 | 0% | 36 | ▼ 30.6% |
| Niger | 25 | 0% | 27 | ▼ 7.4% |
| Antigua and Barbuda | 23 | 0% | 26 | ▼ 11.5% |
| Indonesia | 23 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 4.2% |
| Venezuela | 22 | 0% | 34 | ▼ 35.3% |
| Burkina Faso | 20 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 16.7% |
| East Timor | 20 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Hungary | 20 | 0% | 10 | ▲ 100% |
| North Korea | 19 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 20.8% |
| Togo | 19 | 0% | 29 | ▼ 34.5% |
| Zambia | 19 | 0% | 31 | ▼ 38.7% |
| Mauritania | 18 | 0% | 22 | ▼ 18.2% |
| Sweden | 18 | 0% | 7 | ▲ 157.1% |
| Belarus | 14 | 0% | 20 | ▼ 30% |
| Cuba | 14 | 0% | 24 | ▼ 41.7% |
| Mozambique | 13 | 0% | 15 | ▼ 13.3% |
| Guinea-Bissau | 11 | 0% | 8 | ▲ 37.5% |
| Armenia | 10 | 0% | 10 | → 0% |
| Chile | 10 | 0% | 12 | ▼ 16.7% |
| Lithuania | 8 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 50% |
| British overseas citizens | 7 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Djibouti | 7 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 12.5% |
| Netherlands | 7 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 22.2% |
| Norway | 7 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Romania | 7 | 0% | 11 | ▼ 36.4% |
| Spain | 7 | 0% | 6 | ▲ 16.7% |
| Turkmenistan | 7 | 0% | 16 | ▼ 56.3% |
| Canada | 6 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 14.3% |
| Costa Rica | 6 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 40% |
| Latvia | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| Maldives | 6 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 50% |
| New Zealand | 6 | 0% | — | — |
| Papua New Guinea | 6 | 0% | 5 | ▲ 20% |
| Portugal | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Taiwan | 6 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 33.3% |
| Western Sahara | 6 | 0% | 8 | ▼ 25% |
| Austria | 5 | 0% | 1 | ▲ 400% |
| Brunei | 5 | 0% | — | — |
| Italy | 5 | 0% | 3 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Martinique (French) | 5 | 0% | — | — |
| Paraguay | 5 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 44.4% |
| Seychelles | 5 | 0% | 3 | ▲ 66.7% |
| Singapore | 5 | 0% | 14 | ▼ 64.3% |
| Uruguay | 5 | 0% | 4 | ▲ 25% |
| Australia | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Bulgaria | 4 | 0% | 4 | → 0% |
| Dominican Republic | 4 | 0% | 3 | ▲ 33.3% |
| United Arab Emirates | 4 | 0% | — | — |
| Belize | 3 | 0% | 2 | ▲ 50% |
| Bermuda (British) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Cyprus (Northern part of) | 3 | 0% | 7 | ▼ 57.1% |
| Czechia | 3 | 0% | 3 | → 0% |
| Equatorial Guinea | 3 | 0% | 3 | → 0% |
| Eswatini | 3 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 40% |
| Finland | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Gabon | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Haiti | 3 | 0% | 2 | ▲ 50% |
| Moldova | 3 | 0% | 9 | ▼ 66.7% |
| Saint Barthelemy (French) | 3 | 0% | — | — |
| Slovakia | 3 | 0% | 2 | ▲ 50% |
| Solomon Islands | 3 | 0% | 10 | ▼ 70% |
| Central African Republic | 2 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 66.7% |
| Fiji | 2 | 0% | 3 | ▼ 33.3% |
| France | 2 | 0% | 6 | ▼ 66.7% |
| North Macedonia | 2 | 0% | 1 | ▲ 100% |
| Serbia | 2 | 0% | 3 | ▼ 33.3% |
| South Korea | 2 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 60% |
| Vanuatu | 2 | 0% | — | — |
| Bahamas, The | 1 | 0% | 1 | → 0% |
| Belgium | 1 | 0% | 1 | → 0% |
| Bhutan | 1 | 0% | 2 | ▼ 50% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1 | 0% | 2 | ▼ 50% |
| Croatia | 1 | 0% | 2 | ▼ 50% |
| French Guiana (French) | 1 | 0% | 2 | ▼ 50% |
| Greece | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Japan | 1 | 0% | 5 | ▼ 80% |
| Lesotho | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Malta | 1 | 0% | — | — |
| Marshall Islands | 1 | 0% | 1 | → 0% |
| Qatar | 1 | 0% | 1 | → 0% |
| Switzerland | 1 | 0% | 1 | → 0% |
Source
- Dataset
- Immigration system statistics: asylum seekers in receipt of support dataset · sheet Data_Asy_D09
- Rows
- all rows; values are the sum of the published rows for each nationality and period.
- Caveat
- People who claimed asylum but do not receive support, or refugees who have been granted status.
- Parent metric
- Asylum seekers receiving support
- API
- /api/metrics/asylum_support_by_nationality/vintages