Record Number of Asylum Claims Granted: Home Office

A total of 68,564 people were granted asylum or other leave in the year to March 2024, the highest figure since records began in 1984, statistics reveal. Home Office figures published on Thursday showed that vast majority of those (62,941) were granted refugee permission and 4,120 were given humanitarian protection. The rest were granted other forms of leave, such as temporary refugee permission or discretionary leave. The department said that the record-breaking figure is owing to a combination of a high grant rate and high volumes of decisions being made. A further 95,685 were offered to come to the UK on legal humanitarian routes, including refugees resettled in the UK and family reunification. The ONS noted that majority relate to those on specific visa routes, such as for Ukrainians and British National Overseas (BNO) passport holders coming from Hong Kong....