Britain refuge claimed at the highest level since 1979

The number of people claiming asylum in the UK in 2024 has reached its highest level since the records started in 1979, showing home office figures.

According to the data published on Thursday, 108,138 people claimed asylum in the year by December 2024 – 18% increase in 2023 and almost double number in 2021.

The home office said the previous recorded summit was in 2002.

The new high boat recorded in the new high recent years follows an optik in arrival. The number of small boat arrival also increased in 2024 – 25% more than 2023 – but the figure was 20% lower than in 2022.

The UK now receives the fifth largest number of refuge in the “European Union plus” region, when the government is under pressure to cut the backlog of the verdict of refuge.

These figures, which cover the end of the orthodox government and the onset of labor, reflect the number of shelter cases, a decline in waiting for an initial decision has fallen by 5% last year – with more than 90,600 cases, related to about 124,800 people, pending a decision until the end of 2024.

The number is higher than before 2022.

Last year, Britain sent more people under immigration, which led to an increase of 12%in that figure.

Meanwhile, the UK returned 2,251 people to another country, which arrived by a small boat last year, increased by 10% compared to 2023.

In 2024, with more than 269,600 people standing – people have also increased rapidly.

The Prime Minister’s deputy official spokesperson said that the “global” problem of illegal migration was not “no quick reforms”, but the government had “a serious long -term plan to restore the order for the refuge system”.

Border Security and asylum Minister Angela Eagle criticized the previous government for the “broken refuge”, stating that Labor had inherited the “huge backlog” of claims.

“We have started receiving some orders for the system, but it will take time to ensure that we can get a grip and start functioning the system again.”

Asked why the claims were so much, Eagle said “many people want to come here”, referring to those who come on the work and student visas and then claimed the refuge.

He underlined “we should be very difficult” to deal with the visa overster.

Shadow Home Secretary Chris Filp described the figures as “no surprise”, saying that “no preventive” was “no preventive”.

Filp stated that the blame for numbers “lies strongly on the legs of the labor, which has slowed down to work to deal with the crisis on our border”.

Mubeen Bhutta, director of the British Red Cross policy, research and advocacy, called upon the government to make a “more secure route” to stop people who traveled dangerous in the UK.

Bhuta said in a statement, “There are real men, women and children behind today’s number, who have been forced to escape from their homes. Many people are traveling dangerous to find security, because they have no other option.”

“For most people, there is no way to claim asylum in the UK already here without being here.”

New guidance for visas and immigration employees earlier this month Determine that anyone entering the UK has made a dangerous journey to do this illegally, which is already involved here, usually citizenship will be denied.

The remedy was criticized by some labor MPs along with the refugee council.

The refugee council said on Thursday that the government continued to work on the “broken refuge system” in power during its first six months.

However, it called for further efforts to cut the backlog of asylum applications to avoid people, “got stuck in hotels, stuck in limbo and unable to work”.

With more than 38,000 hotels in hotels at the end of December, the government’s use of hotels for house refugees continued. In September 2023, the figure was still less than a peak of 56,000 hits.

The government has promised to stop this practice by the end of Parliament.

The government is bound to provide housing to the legally shelters, who cannot support themselves while considering their claims. But the number of people taking shelter in the UK has hit a record level, which has reduced the spaces in the existing housing.

While irregular arrival increased last year, the number of work and study visas – which accounts for most arrival, including visitors and transit, were investigated by the house office – was investigated by the house office.

The previous orthodox government offered measures to reduce legal migration with changes in visa processes – including Minimum increase in wage For a UK skilled worker visa.

Orthodoxists also banned health and social care workers and most international students from bringing the family to the UK.

Last year, the number of people coming to the UK on a work visa was around 250,000.

It was almost equally divided between less people coming for work (more than 125,000) and with less family members (below 120,000) coming with them.

Both Falls were largely inspired by health and care activists in the way.

The previous government introduced a special visa to bring people into the sector. This led to a huge increase in the visa issued – especially since people coming to care bring more families than people coming on other work visas.

But the sage Sunak’s government tightened the late rules in 2023, causing a decline in people coming on this visa last year.

In September 2024, the current labor government announced further measures including strong rules around visa sponsorship of migrant workers.

A white paper is going to be published this year, which is planning to reduce legal stay.

Researcher at Oxford University, Dr. Ben Brainds of Migration Observatory mentioned “Boom and Bust” in some visa categories in recent years.

He said, “The major decline in visa grant is primarily possible as the number of visas was being released in the first Braxit Immigration System,” he said.

“Despite the decline, the overall visa grant to the citizens of the non-European Union remains above the pre–breaks levels.”