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<p>The Home Office publish data on the number of fresh claims in table as_01 (asylum,
volume 1) of the quarterly Immigration Statistics - <a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/collections/immigration-statistics-quarterly-release</a>
publication. The latest release covering the year ending December 2018 can be found
<a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-year-ending-december-2018</a></p><p>The
figures are also provided below from the latest publication for ease of reference.
Please note these totals are not a subset of the information included in response
to UIN 255321.</p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Fresh Claims</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>552</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>307</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>300</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>214</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2018</p></td><td><p>237</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p>Home
Office statisticians have identified some data issues with the published time series
on fresh claims, which suggest the figures are undercounting the total number of fresh
claims. Work is ongoing to better understand the nature of these issues. As a result
it is likely the data will be revised once the issues are resolved.</p>
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