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<p>Refugee status is conferred following a grant of asylum. An asylum seeker may only
become a refugee once asylum has been granted. Not all asylum seekers are deemed to
be refugees and not all refugees claim asylum.</p><p>The Home Office publishes data,
in its quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> release, on the number of asylum
seekers granted refugee status, by sex (table as_05 Asylum, volume 2).</p><p>The latest
data cover the calendar year 2017, available at:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758195/asylum2-sep-2018-tables.ods"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/758195/asylum2-sep-2018-tables.ods</a></p>
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