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Asylum-related returns: record highs and lows

The extremes of asylum-related returns as published by Home Office, across the 18 periods held here (2010 to Year ending June 2026). Each record is a published figure, not a computed one, and the scope is this series — not “ever”.

The latest figure, 12,568 in Year ending June 2026, is the highest in the whole published series of 18 periods. The rule: a period counts as beaten only when its figure is strictly below the latest, and the claim is only made when it reaches back at least five years.

Highest published

12,568Year ending June 2026

Lowest published

1,5652020

The full series

Asylum-related returns: 2010 to Year ending June 2026CoalitionCoalitionConservativeConservativeConservativeConservativeLabourLabour05k10k20102015202020252010: 10,563 returns · published 27 August 20262011: 10,374 returns · published 27 August 20262012: 9,026 returns · published 27 August 20262013: 8,928 returns · published 27 August 20262014: 6,865 returns · published 27 August 20262015: 5,696 returns · published 27 August 20262016: 5,116 returns · published 27 August 20262017: 5,149 returns · published 27 August 20262018: 3,971 returns · published 27 August 20262019: 3,167 returns · published 27 August 20262020: 1,565 returns · published 27 August 20262021: 1,566 returns · published 27 August 20262022: 2,825 returns · published 27 August 20262023: 6,513 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2025: 11,032 returns · published 27 August 2026Year ending June 2026: 12,568 returns · published 27 August 2026
Published valueProvisional or revisedLatestOne point a year is drawn; the source publishes overlapping year-ending figures, and every one is in the history table and CSVShaded bands: governments (see labels)Hover, tap or use arrow keys to read a value; tap again to unpin
The chart as a table
PeriodAsylum-related returns
201010,563 returns
201110,374 returns
20129,026 returns
20138,928 returns
20146,865 returns
20155,696 returns
20165,116 returns
20175,149 returns
20183,971 returns
20193,167 returns
20201,565 returns
20211,566 returns
20222,825 returns
20236,513 returns
Year ending June 202511,032 returns
Year ending June 202612,568 returns

What a record here is, and is not

A record is the extreme of the periods this site holds for the current series, at each period’s newest published release. Earlier series measured under different methods are not compared against it. Money is in cash terms: a record set years ago stands against the money of its own year.