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<p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications for asylum in the
UK, broken down by nationality, in its quarterly Immigration Statistics release. The
number of applications made by Eritreans in each year are available in table as_01
(Main Applicants; Asylum, volume 1).</p><p>Latest edition available at: <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781299/asylum1-dec-2018-tables.ods"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/781299/asylum1-dec-2018-tables.ods</a></p><table><tbody><tr><td><p><strong>Year</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
Total applications </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2016</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,230</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2017</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,085</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p><strong>2018</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>2,158</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>The
Home Office is unable to report on whether more illegal migrants were smuggled in
to the UK last year from Eritrea than from any other country, as the method of entry
for those who entered the UK clandestinely and subsequently claimed asylum, is recorded
on individual Home Office files and to obtain this information would require a manual
trawl and could only be obtained at disproportionate costs.</p><p>All asylum and human
rights applications from Eritrean nationals are carefully considered on their individual
merits in accordance with our international obligations. Each individual assessment
is made against the background of the latest available country of origin information
and any relevant caselaw. The <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/eritrea-country-policy-and-information-notes"
target="_blank">Country Policy and Information Note Eritrea: Religious groups</a>
published in February 2018 (available on Gov.uk) outlines our position.</p>
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