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Asylum: Northern Ireland

Asked by Gavin RobinsonDemocratic Unionist PartyHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 July 2025UIN 61838

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum applications were received in Northern Ireland in the last financial year.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Available data on people claiming asylum in the UK is published in table Asy_D01 of the ‘Asylum claims and initial decisions detailed datasets’. Data on asylum seekers in receipt of support by local authority is published in table Asy_D11 of the ‘Asylum support detailed datasets’.

The latest data relates to the year ending March 2025 and as at 31 March 2025. Information on how to use the datasets can be found in the ‘Notes’ page of the workbooks.

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