Asylum appeals up but remain below pre-pandemic levelspublished at 12:38 GMT
12:38 GMT
Daniel Wainwright
BBC Verify senior data journalist
The number of asylum cases going to tribunal in the UK in the year to March were up 36% on the year before, while those closed went up by just 4%, according to the latest data., external
There were 79,005 immigration cases entering the system, just over half of which were to do with asylum refusals or losing protection as a refugee.
Other tribunal cases cover things like human rights or free movement for people from the European Economic Area.
This means the open caseload for immigration and asylum matters increased by 80% over the last year, according to the Ministry of Justice.
In the 12 months ending March 2025, there were 12,129 asylum appeals decided by tribunal, almost double the number the year before.
However, this is lower than the numbers going through the system before the Covid-19 pandemic.
Of those asylum appeals determined in the latest year, just over half (55%) were refused, the rest were granted. That’s a similar proportion to recent years.
