Asylum: Iran
(asked on 10th December 2018) - View Source
Question to the Home Office:
To ask Her Majesty's Government how many Iranian citizens made asylum applications in (1) 2015, (2) 2016, (3) 2017, and (4) 2018; and how many applications have been granted.
Answered by
Baroness Williams of Trafford
Captain of the Honourable Corps of Gentlemen-at-Arms (HM Household) (Chief Whip, House of Lords)
The Home Office publishes data, in its quarterly Immigration Statistics release, on (a) the number of applications in the UK (table as_01_q Asylum, volume 1), and (b) the number of applications that were granted (in the same table), by nationality.
Latest edition available at: https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758192/asylum1-sep-2018-tables.ods
| Iranian nationals | ||
Year | Total applications | Total grants | Grant rate |
2015 | 3,242 | 1,532 | 55% |
2016 | 4,184 | 1,456 | 37% |
2017 | 2,570 | 1,260 | 47% |
2018 (to end Sept) | 1,977 | 706 | 40% |
Note that initial decisions are based on date of decision and do not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period. For example, a decision in 2017 may relate to an application made in 2016.