There were a total of 78,768 asylum applications to the UK in the year ending June 2023, 19 per cent more than the previous year.
There were a total of 78,768 applications relating to 97,390 people in the year ending June 2023 - 19 per cent more than the previous year.
More than 19,000 migrants have arrived in the UK after crossing the Channel so far this year, with 345 people making the crossing on Wednesday.A group of migrants are brought ashore at Dover today, as new figures showed the number of asylum applications to the UK has hit the highest level in two decades
The rise was 'due to more cases entering the asylum system than receiving initial decisions', the Home Office said. There were 23,702 initial decisions made on asylum applications in the UK in the year to June 2023, up 61% on 14,730 in the year to June 2022.Just over seven in 10 of initial decisions on asylum applications in the year to June 2023 were grants of refugee status, humanitarian protection or alternative forms of leave.
Refugee Action called for the Government to give asylum seekers leave to remain in the UK if they end up waiting more than a year for a decision on a claim.
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