Approximately 9,800 Iranian nationals applied for asylum in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, the most of any nationality. Asylum seekers from Iraq made up the second highest nationality, at 6,141.
Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities
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UK Home Office. (May 26, 2022). Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2023, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/
UK Home Office. "Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities." Chart. May 26, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/
UK Home Office. (2022). Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2023. https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/
UK Home Office. "Number of Asylum Applications in The United Kingdom in 2021/22, by Leading Nationalities." Statista, Statista Inc., 26 May 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/
UK Home Office, Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/ (last visited March 29, 2023)
Number of asylum applications in the United Kingdom in 2021/22, by leading nationalities [Graph], UK Home Office, May 26, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/293339/asylum-applications-in-the-united-kingdom-uk-by-nationality/