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UK ASYLUM CLAIMS.
BY NATIONALITY.

How many people claimed asylum in the UK from each country, from the Home Office’s latest quarterly statistics, with the year before for comparison. See also small boat crossings, UK migration and refugees by country.

01 / THE MAP

Where people claiming asylum in the UK come from

YEAR ENDING JUNE 2026 · HOME OFFICE

CLAIMS

69,848

Main applicants, year ending June 2026

CHANGE

-20%

Against 87,361 the year before

WITH FAMILY

85,891

Including dependants

MOST CLAIMS

Eritrea

6,447 claims

5,000 or more
1,000 to 4,999
100 to 999
Under 100

02 / COUNTRY BY COUNTRY

Every nationality

Country	Claims, latest year	Year before	Change	Including dependants
Eritrea	6,447	6,816	-369	6,952
Pakistan	5,887	8,195	-2,308	8,305
Iran	5,632	5,950	-318	6,705
Sudan	5,361	4,768	+593	5,992
Afghanistan	5,050	6,843	-1,793	5,952
Somalia	4,500	2,874	+1,626	4,983
India	4,040	4,446	-406	4,964
Bangladesh	3,689	4,329	-640	5,769
Nigeria	2,091	1,827	+264	3,179
Sri Lanka	1,608	1,531	+77	2,312
Ethiopia	1,557	1,510	+47	1,679
Vietnam	1,466	3,435	-1,969	1,598
Brazil	1,413	2,228	-815	1,635
Iraq	1,390	1,774	-384	2,029
Albania	1,317	2,116	-799	1,603
Yemen	1,182	2,489	-1,307	1,261
Syria	1,167	4,450	-3,283	1,398
China	1,150	1,379	-229	1,307
Turkey	1,124	1,864	-740	1,452
Myanmar (Burma)	846	509	+337	934
Georgia	812	743	+69	1,008
Palestine	710	586	+124	809
Refugee	654	1,794	-1,140	845
Kuwait	581	868	-287	807
Stateless	539	305	+234	660
Cameroon	536	486	+50	694
Egypt	535	739	-204	626
Nepal	444	547	-103	469
Ghana	386	453	-67	469
Libya	366	754	-388	461
Tajikistan	356	273	+83	372
South Sudan	350	364	-14	387
Algeria	321	400	-79	342
Uganda	318	341	-23	363
Sierra Leone	299	207	+92	407
Kazakhstan	296	308	-12	337
Uzbekistan	295	409	-114	334
Ukraine	292	1,098	-806	392
Morocco	285	271	+14	329
Tanzania	242	164	+78	283
Kenya	228	289	-61	262
Kyrgyzstan	199	183	+16	223
Zimbabwe	191	126	+65	297
Guinea	150	117	+33	173
Gambia, The	138	134	+4	154
Botswana	132	242	-110	152
Malaysia	128	135	-7	165
Jordan	122	849	-727	142
Other and unknown	115	89	+26	147
United States	114	88	+26	166
Colombia	112	781	-669	161
Honduras	109	227	-118	149
Senegal	109	76	+33	121
Indonesia	107	134	-27	112
Saudi Arabia	105	156	-51	125
Poland	102	91	+11	104
Thailand	102	139	-37	106
Tunisia	87	105	-18	105
Romania	84	72	+12	93
Congo (Democratic Republic)	78	105	-27	99
Peru	76	115	-39	105
Azerbaijan	75	50	+25	112
Russia	74	115	-41	102
Philippines	67	146	-79	86
Lebanon	65	136	-71	74
Grenada	57	61	-4	69
St Lucia	56	78	-22	93
Jamaica	55	49	+6	60
St Vincent and the Grenadines	55	93	-38	70
South Africa	53	58	-5	76
Mexico	51	53	-2	66
Bolivia	46	45	+1	56
Mauritius	46	56	-10	72
Nicaragua	43	61	-18	71
Chad	40	67	-27	44
Guyana	37	28	+9	65
Lithuania	30	23	+7	30
Mali	28	14	+14	29
Ivory Coast	25	45	-20	27
Trinidad and Tobago	25	260	-235	35
Ecuador	24	55	-31	39
Guatemala	24	42	-18	35
Hungary	24	37	-13	33
Oman	24	23	+1	30
Bahrain	23	90	-67	41
Namibia	22	48	-26	40
Slovakia	22	18	+4	25
Congo	21	24	-3	24
Czechia	21	20	+1	22
Burundi	20	11	+9	22
Bulgaria	19	20	-1	19
Italy	19	13	+6	25
Liberia	19	7	+12	23
Malawi	19	22	-3	25
Rwanda	19	21	-2	22
El Salvador	18	37	-19	32
Angola	17	20	-3	21
Barbados	17	11	+6	25
Cuba	17	11	+6	17
East Timor	17	185	-168	17
Portugal	17	23	-6	20
Kosovo	16	24	-8	24
Latvia	16	11	+5	18
St Kitts and Nevis	16	20	-4	29
Argentina	15	17	-2	23
Sweden	14	14	+0	25
Zambia	13	14	-1	15
Burkina Faso	11	4	+7	11
Israel	11	31	-20	15
Niger	11	14	-3	11
Spain	11	11	+0	18
France	10	12	-2	12
Greece	10	5	+5	13
Dominica	9	10	-1	15
Hong Kong	9	20	-11	9
Netherlands	9	5	+4	13
Venezuela	9	33	-24	12
Armenia	8	6	+2	16
Canada	8	8	+0	14
Chile	8	3	+5	14
Germany	8	5	+3	15
Mongolia	8	17	-9	20
Moldova	7	12	-5	7
South Korea	7	5	+2	8
Togo	7	13	-6	7
Panama	7	5	+2	12
Australia	6	6	+0	6
Benin	6	16	-10	6
Mauritania	6	7	-1	6
Maldives	6	0	+6	11
North Macedonia	5	8	-3	6
Turkmenistan	5	6	-1	5
British overseas citizens	4	6	-2	4
Djibouti	4	5	-1	4
United Arab Emirates	4	1	+3	7
Belgium	3	3	+0	4
Dominican Republic	3	2	+1	3
Eswatini	3	4	-1	3
Fiji	3	1	+2	3
Papua New Guinea	3	3	+0	4
Western Sahara	3	3	+0	3
Costa Rica	3	6	-3	5
Cyprus	3	5	-2	3
Seychelles	3	1	+2	4
North Korea	3	0	+3	8
Croatia	2	3	-1	2
Finland	2	2	+0	4
Guinea-Bissau	2	5	-3	3
Mozambique	2	7	-5	2
Paraguay	2	10	-8	2
Qatar	2	4	-2	2
Taiwan	2	3	-1	2
Haiti	2	2	+0	2
Belize	2	1	+1	6
Central African Republic	2	2	+0	2
Gabon	2	1	+1	4
Estonia	2	0	+2	2
Antigua and Barbuda	1	5	-4	1
Belarus	1	14	-13	1
Cyprus (Northern part of)	1	2	-1	1
Bahamas, The	1	3	-2	1
Cape Verde	1	1	+0	1
Singapore	1	4	-3	2
Slovenia	1	1	+0	1
New Zealand	1	2	-1	6
Austria	1	0	+1	5
Lesotho	1	0	+1	1
Vanuatu	1	0	+1	1
Andorra	1	0	+1	1
Switzerland	1	0	+1	1
Bosnia and Herzegovina	1	0	+1	1
Malta	1	0	+1	1
Sao Tome and Principe	1	0	+1	1
Uruguay	1	0	+1	1

03 / SOURCES

Where the figures come from

From the Home Office’s Immigration system statistics, year ending June 2026, published 27 August 2026, under the Open Government Licence v3.0: asylum claims by main applicants (table Asy_D01), year ending June 2026 against year ending June 2025. “Including dependants” adds family members on the same claim. Stateless and unknown nationalities are in the table but not on the map. Updated by hand with each quarterly release.

UK Asylum Claims: common questions

How many people claimed asylum in the UK?

The total at the top of the page is the Home Office’s count of asylum claims for the latest year, counting main applicants; the figure including family members is next to it.

Which nationalities claim asylum in the UK most?

The table is sorted by claims. In the year ending June 2026 the most claims came from Eritrea, Pakistan, Iran, Sudan and Afghanistan.

Are asylum claims going up or down?

Compare the two years in the table: the change column shows each nationality’s rise or fall, and the totals at the top compare the whole year.

Does a claim mean someone is granted asylum?

No. A claim is a request for protection. Many are still waiting for a decision; others are granted or refused. This page counts claims only.

How often are the figures updated?

The Home Office publishes them every three months. This page is updated by hand with each release.

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