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<p>The Home Office publishes data on asylum applications in the ‘Immigration Statistics
Quarterly Release’. Immigration statistics quarterly release - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)
Data on the number of asylum applications and initial decisions on applications are
published in table Asy_D01 and Asy_D02 of the asylum and resettlement detailed datasets,
Asylum and resettlement datasets - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)which include a breakdown for
year and nationality.</p><p>Information on how to use the dataset can be found in
the ‘Notes’ page of the workbook. The latest data include up to September 2020.</p><p>Table
showing the initial decisions on Hong Kong asylum applications for 2019 and 2020 (Jan-Sep).</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>2019</p></td><td><p>2020
(Jan-Sep)</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Granted Asylum</p></td><td><p>0</p></td><td><p>1</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Refused</p></td><td><p>2</p></td><td><p>0</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p><br>Notes:</p><ol><li>Includes
main applicants only</li><li>Initial decisions are based on date of decision and do
not necessarily relate to applications made in the same period. For example, a decision
in 2019 may relate to an application made in 2018.</li><li>The published data relate
to nationality, rather than country of residence<p><br> Additionally, the Home Office
publishes a high-level overview of the data in the ‘summary tables’. The ‘contents’
sheet contains an overview of all available data on asylum and resettlement.</p></li></ol><p>Immigration
Statistics will be updated on February 25th which will include data for 2020 Q4; further
future releases will include data for quarters of 2021.</p><p>Information on future
Home Office statistical release dates can be found in the ‘Research and statistics
calendar’. immigration - Research and statistics - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)</p>
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