UK Home Office- Asylum Statistics
Quarter 4 statistics
Total Asylum Applications in Q 4: 6910 (Quarter 3 – 5890)
Appeals received by AIT in Q4 2007: 2,610, 29% lower than Q4 2006
In 2007, 63,140 persons were removed from the UK, 1% lower than in 2006 (63,865). Principal asylum applicants removed in Q4 2007: 2,765; 25% lower than Q4 2006 (3,695)
Asylum detainees12 as at 29 December 2007: 1,455 detainees who had claimed asylum at some stage
44,495 people on asylum support
The five Local Authorities with the highest number of asylum seekers in dispersal accommodation were: Glasgow City, Birmingham, Leeds, Manchester and Newcastle.
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Source: Home Office Q4 Statistics
2007 Review
Asylum applications in 2007 were at their lowest level for 14 years, according to statistics published by the Home Office today.
In 2007 there were 23,430 principal asylum applications lodged, this represents the lowest number of annual applications since 1993. It also means that principal applications are now a quarter of the level they were at in 2002.
Today’s figures show that between October and December 2007, there were 6,910 principal asylum applications.
Last year 12,525 failed asylum seekers, excluding dependents, were removed from the United Kingdom. Overall the Border and Immigration Agency (BIA) removed 63,140 people from the UK - one person deported every eight minutes.
The BIA not only increased the number of decisions made in 2007 - 21,660 compared to 20,930 in 2006 - but also made those decisions quicker than ever before.
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