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United Kingdom: Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum

581,072people · 2025+372.2% since 2015

Refugees living in the country, under UNHCR's mandate. Annual figures for United Kingdom from 1951 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (people)Note
2025581,072
2024515,677
2023448,620
2022328,989
2021137,078
2020132,304
2019133,083
2018126,708
2017121,821
2016118,973
2015123,051
2014117,226
2013126,036
2012149,790
2011193,494
2010238,133
2009269,355
2008292,081
2007299,701
2006301,537
2005303,163
2004298,826
2003276,482
2002260,687
2001233,389
2000186,247
1999148,921
1998121,715
1997107,933
199698,577
199590,908
199485,159
199380,230
199264,717
199143,368
199043,625
198946,014
198839,755
1987100,000
1986100,000
1985135,000
1984135,000
1983140,000
1982143,000
1981146,000
1980148,000
1979146,000
1978150,000
1977148,000
1976153,000
1975153,000
1974155,500
1973150,000
1972150,000
1971150,000
1970162,000
1969162,000
1968161,000
1967164,000
1966167,000
1965170,000
1964160,000
1963157,000
1962160,000
1961164,000
1960167,000
1959170,000
1958175,000
1957179,000
1956182,000
1955175,000
1954182,000
1953192,000
1952200,000
1951208,000

Source

Published by UNHCR, produced by UN High Commissioner for Refugees. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-07.

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UNHCR (2026). Refugees under UNHCR's mandate, by country of asylum. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/unhcr-refugees-hosted (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-07.

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