The Home Office has published quarterly immigration statistics covering the period to the end of December 2025, including data on asylum, detention, returns, settlement and citizenship.
Key facts
- Who: People affected by asylum, detention, returns, settlement, citizenship and other immigration processes covered by the statistics
- From: 26 February 2026
- Source: Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025
The Home Office published its quarterly immigration system statistics on 26 February 2026. The release presents immigration statistics from Home Office administrative sources and covers the period up to the end of December 2025.
The statistics cover people coming to the UK, including through illegal routes, as well as extensions of stay, the EU Settlement Scheme (EUSS), citizenship, asylum, detentions, returns and stopping immigration crime.
The topics in the release are:
- passenger arrivals and visitors
- work
- study
- family
- safe and legal routes
- stopping organised immigration crime
- illegal entry routes
- asylum claims
- granted asylum
- total cases in the asylum system
- settlement, the EU Settlement Scheme and citizenship
- detention
- returns
The release comes with a user guide to Home Office immigration statistics. Further information includes a timeline of policy and legislative changes affecting migration to the UK, a note on developments in migration statistics, a page on publishing detailed datasets, and the Home Office migration analysis collection page.
A range of key input and impact indicators is also published by the Home Office on the Migration transparency data webpage.
What this means for people affected by immigration decisions
The release is a statistical publication drawn from Home Office administrative sources. Readers who want the detail behind any of the topics above, such as asylum, detention, returns, settlement or citizenship, can find it in the release and its user guide.
Sources
- Home Office, Immigration system statistics, year ending December 2025, published 26 February 2026