ukvi 2015 asylum data

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There were 25,771 asylum applications from main applicants in the year ending June 2015, an increase of 10% compared with the previous year (23,515). The number of applications remains low relative to the peak number of applications in 2002 (84,132).

In the year ending June 2015, the largest number of applications for asylum came from nationals of Eritrea (3,568), followed by Pakistan (2,302) and Syria (2,204). Grant rates for asylum, humanitarian protection, discretionary leave or other grants of stay vary between nationalities. For example, 87% of the initial decisions made for nationals of Syria were grants, compared with 73% for Eritrean nationals and 22% for Pakistani nationals.

Most applications for asylum are made by those already in the country (90% of applications) rather than by people at their time of arriving in the UK at a port. Applicants tend to be young and male.

In the year ending June 2015, the number of initial decisions on asylum applications more than doubled to 28,538.

Of these initial decisions, 41% (11,600) were grants either of asylum or an alternative form of protection, compared with 37% (5,120) in the previous year, and this is the highest number of grants since the year ending December 2003 (11,074). The Home Office has worked to ensure that straightforward asylum applications made before 1 April 2014 received initial decisions by 31 March 2015. This is reflected in the 107% rise in the number of initial decisions.

The HM Courts and Tribunals Service received 13,034 asylum appeals from main applicants in the year ending June 2015, a rise of 96% compared with the previous 12 months (6,637) reflecting the higher number of decisions in this period.

The overall proportion of applications either granted asylum or a form of temporary protection at initial decision or after having an appeal allowed by the courts was estimated to be 43% in 2014, having risen over the past decade from only 26% in 2004.

Estimated figures show the UK had the seventh highest number (33,000) of asylum applications within the EU in the year ending June 2015, including dependants. Germany (259,000), Hungary (93,000) and Sweden (78,000) were the top 3 receiving countries. The mix of nationalities claiming asylum, and the resultant numbers granted protection, varies considerably between EU member states. According to the latest published Eurostat report, in January to March 2015 Germany received 21,000 applications from Kosovans, 14,000 from Syrians, with the next largest numbers of applications coming from Albania (6,000) and Serbia (6,000).

In addition to those asylum seekers who apply in the UK, resettlement schemes are offered. In the year ending June 2015, a total of 809 were resettled in the UK. Of these, 166 (216 since the scheme began) were granted humanitarian protection under the Syrian Vulnerable Persons Relocation Scheme.

Asylum applications and initial decisions for main applicants
Year applications Granted (1) Granted % Refused Refused %
Year ending June 2011 18,823 18,935 5,365 28% 13,570 72%
Year ending June 2012 19,996 16,644 5,803 35% 10,841 65%
Year ending June 2013 23,523 18,712 7,105 38% 11,607 62%
Year ending June 2014 23,515 13,795 5,120 37% 8,675 63%
Year ending June 2015 25,771 28,538 11,600 41% 16,938 59%

[Obie]

This is a shameful figure on the UK.

[lukli]

This is a shameful figure on the UK.

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