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In the 12 months to December 2001, there were 71,027 claims. By 2005, this figure had more than halved. Applications hovered under or around 40,000 until 2022, when they reached 95,007. Levels swelled to around 100,000 by 2024. From January 2025 to December 2025 there were 100,625 asylum applications.\\\" width=\\\"100%\\\" height=\\\"\\\"  \/\\u003e\\n                                                                \\u003c\/picture\\u003e\\n                                                        \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                    \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-flourish-embed__flourish-container hidden hoisted\\\" style=\\\"height: 20rem;\\\" \\u003e\\n                                                    \\u003cdiv id=\\\"embed\\\" data-height=\\\"100%\\\" class=\\\"flourish-embed flourish-embed-iframe\\\" data-src=\\\"visualisation\/25573132?2496655\\\" style=\\\"height: 100%; width: 100%\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                        \\n                                \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003cdiv class=\\\"crosshead-cta\\\"\\u003eTap the questions below\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                \\u003cdetails class=\\\"sm-accordion\\\"\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003csummary class=\\\"sm-summary\\\"\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cspan\\u003eHow many people are in asylum accommodation?\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cdiv class=\\\"toggle-icon\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003c\/summary\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eAn asylum seeker is someone who wants to be in the UK because they say they cannot live safely in their own country due to persecution or violence.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eThe government must house an asylum seeker if they cannot financially support themselves while their claim is being considered. There were 103,426 people in asylum accommodation as of December 2025.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eAbout 30% of those people, 30,657, were in hotels. These are used when there is not enough shared housing available, such as houses of multiple occupation (HMOs) or \\u003ca href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/cjr0lx7n0y3o\\\" target=\\\"_top\\\"\\u003eformer military sites\\u003c\/a\\u003e.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eThe government \\u003ca href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9dqqj0v1ndo\\\" target=\\\"_top\\\"\\u003ehas pledged to stop the use of hotels\\u003c\/a\\u003e by 2029.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eMore people are in hotels across the south of England than elsewhere in the UK, while HMOs are more common in the north of England and Scotland.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                \\u003c\/details\\u003e                    \\u003cdetails class=\\\"sm-accordion\\\"\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003csummary class=\\\"sm-summary\\\"\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cspan\\u003eNumbers of asylum seekers in hotels by council area\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cdiv class=\\\"toggle-icon\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003c\/summary\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003cnoscript\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp style=\\\"margin: 1em 0; font-style: italic;\\\"\\u003eA modern browser with JavaScript and a stable internet connection is required to view this interactive\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003c\/noscript\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003cdiv class=\\\"my-area-lookup\\\" style=\\\"display: none;\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cdiv class=\\\"lookup-cta\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                    \\u003cp id=\\\"search-cta-text\\\" class=\\\"search-cta-text\\\"\\u003eType in a postcode or the name of a local council below to see how many asylum seekers are housed in the area\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cdiv id=\\\"search-box-container\\\" class=\\\"search-box-container\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cdiv id=\\\"no-search-results-container\\\" class=\\\"no-search-results-container\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cdiv class=\\\"js-search-results-container\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                \\u003c\/details\\u003e                    \\u003cdetails class=\\\"sm-accordion\\\"\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003csummary class=\\\"sm-summary\\\"\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cspan\\u003eHow many people apply for asylum in the UK?\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cdiv class=\\\"toggle-icon\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003c\/summary\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eA total of 100,625 people applied for asylum in the UK from January 2025 to December 2025. This was down by 4% on the same period in the previous year.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eMost people who arrive in the UK by small boat claim asylum, but they were only 41% of all asylum seekers from January 2025 to December 2025.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eThe rest include people who arrived by other illegal means or who came to the UK legally and applied for asylum while holding, or just after holding, a valid visa.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                \\u003c\/details\\u003e                    \\u003cdetails class=\\\"sm-accordion\\\"\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003csummary class=\\\"sm-summary\\\"\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cspan\\u003eHow big is the asylum backlog?\\u003c\/span\\u003e\\n                                        \\u003cdiv class=\\\"toggle-icon\\\"\\u003e\\u003c\/div\\u003e\\n                                    \\u003c\/summary\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eIt can take years for the government to decide whether someone should be granted asylum.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eIn December 2025, 64,426 people - across 48,723 asylum applications - were waiting for an initial decision. The number of people awaiting an initial decision was down by 48% on the previous year.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eAs of December 2025, a further 80,333 refused asylum applications were part of a second backlog, waiting the outcome of an appeal in the courts. This was up by 91% on the previous year.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                                \\u003cp\\u003eTogether, these initial decision and appeal cases form the government\u2019s total asylum applications backlog, \\u003ca href=\\\"https:\/\/www.bbc.co.uk\/news\/articles\/c9dqqj0v1ndo\\\" target=\\\"_top\\\"\\u003ewhich it has pledged to clear\\u003c\/a\\u003e.\\u003c\/p\\u003e\\n                                            \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-embed\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                    \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-flourish-embed\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                        \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-flourish-embed__content\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                            \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-flourish-embed__fallback\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-picture\\n                                                                            sm-picture--ratio-\\n                                                                            sm-picture--fit-\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                    \\u003cdiv class=\\\"sm-picture__content\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                            \\u003cpicture class=\\\"sm-picture__picture\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                                    \\u003csource type=\\\"image\/webp\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25616291\/thumbnail?v=1.1\\\" media=\\\"(min-width: )\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                                    \\u003csource type=\\\"image\/webp\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25616291\/thumbnail?v=1.1\\\" media=\\\"(min-width: )\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                                    \\u003csource type=\\\"image\/webp\\\" srcset=\\\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25616291\/thumbnail?v=1.1\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                                \\u003csource srcset=\\\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25616291\/thumbnail?v=1.1\\\" media=\\\"(min-width: )\\\"\\u003e\\n                                                                                \\u003cimg loading=\\\"eager\\\" src=\\\"https:\/\/public.flourish.studio\/visualisation\/25616291\/thumbnail?v=1.1\\\" alt=\\\"A stacked bar chart of applications awaiting a first decision and appeals caseload at first-tier tribunal, by quarter from, June 2015 to December 2025 The backlog increased from around 25,000 in 2015 to around 180,000 in 2023. This was largely due to more applications awaiting an initial decision. Since 2023, the number of applicants awaiting an initial decision has declined, but the appeals caseload has widened. 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