Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what assessment has been made of the reasons why the number of asylum applications to the United Kingdom has increased at a different rate from applications made in EU Member States since 2021.

The number and demographic profile of people claiming asylum varies across Europe with some nationalities claiming more in certain countries. This may be linked to factors including language, existing diasporas in these countries, the routes taken to reach them, and the likelihood of being granted refugee permission.

Published data on people claiming asylum in the UK compared to the EU+ is available in ‘How does the UK compare with the EU+?’ of ‘How many people claim asylum in the UK?’.