U.Okay. sees document variety of asylum functions: govt knowledge

Britain has acquired a document variety of asylum functions, official knowledge confirmed on Thursday (August 21, 2025), as the federal government faces rising stress over the housing of 1000’s of migrants in inns.

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A complete of 111,084 folks utilized for asylum within the U.Okay. within the 12 months to June 2025, based on figures launched by the inside ministry, known as the Home Office.

That was the very best for any 12-month interval since present information started in 2001.

Immigration is a thorny challenge in Britain, the place Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer is struggling to fend off the hard-right Reform UK celebration led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage.

The upstarts are piling stress on Labour over accommodating asylum seekers in inns, a observe that hit peak ranges underneath the earlier centre-right Conservative celebration.

The Home Office knowledge confirmed that 32,059 migrants had been staying in inns on the finish of June, an 8% enhance on the identical month final 12 months, simply earlier than Mr. Starmer turned Prime Minister.

But it was nicely under the excessive of 56,042, recorded on the finish of September 2023.

Mr. Starmer is going through warmth over his failure to cease irregular migrants crossing the Channel to England on rudimentary small boats.

More than 50,000 folks have made the harmful journey since he turned UK chief in July 2024.

Thursday’s knowledge confirmed that irregular arrivals soared 27% over the earlier 12 months, with 88% of these coming by small boats.