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Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom,
08/07/2010

Applications received for asylum in the United Kingdom, Q1 2009 to April 2010 (1)(2)(P)            
                  Number of applicants
                   
          Applications      
    Applications    including fresh claims (3)   Applications withdrawn (4)
    Total (including dependants) of whom:   Total (including dependants) of whom:   Total (including dependants) of whom:
Quarter/ principal   principal   principal
Month applicants   applicants   applicants
                   
                   
Latest quarterly data published in the Control Of Immigration: Quarterly Statistical Summary, United Kingdom                
                   
2009                
Q1 Jan - Mar 10,285 8,380   • • 8,605   920 860
Q2 Apr - Jun 7,380 6,045   • • 6,245   865 815
Q3 Jul - Sep 6,280 5,055   • • 5,255   1,025 955
Q4 Oct - Dec 5,895 4,765   • • 5,005   735 695
2009 Total 29,845 24,250   • • 25,105   3,545 3,330
                   
2010                
Q1 Jan - Mar 5,405 4,355   • • 4,885   765 735
                   
Latest monthly data provided to EUROSTAT under Regulation (EC) No 862/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on Community                  
                   
2009 Feb - Apr                 
Feb 2009   3,215 2,580   • • 2,665   295 275
Mar 2009   3,815 3,150   • • 3,220   330 310
Apr 2009   2,810 2,330   • • 2,385   310 290
2009 Feb - Apr Total   9,840 8,060   • • 8,270   935 875
                   
2010 Feb - Apr                 
Feb 2010   1,800 1,450   1,975 1,620   260 245
Mar 2010   1,875 1,470   2,125 1,710   250 235
Apr 2010   1,835 1,435   1,985 1,570   215 190
2010 Feb - Apr Total    5,510 4,355   6,085 4,900   720 670
                   
(1) Figures rounded to the nearest 5 (- = 0, * = 1 or 2) and may not sum to the totals shown because of independent rounding.  
(2) For the figures which include dependants further disaggregations by age, gender and nationality will be available on the EUROSTAT website:  
  http://epp.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/portal/page/portal/statistics/search_database        
(3)     The published figures in the Control of Immigration bulletin includes applicants who have made a fresh claim in the same reference month, 
        the figures provided to EUROSTAT exclude these applicants.            
(4) From April 2010 figures provided to EUROSTAT include re-applicants who withdrew a fresh claim.       
(P)                      Provisional figures.                      
• • Not available.