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<p>The Home Office publishes data on the number of applications and initial decisions,
broken down by nationality, in the quarterly <em>Immigration Statistics</em> publication.
The latest figures, up until 2017, are available at the following link:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/statistics/immigration-statistics-october-to-december-2017</a></p><p>Table
as_01 (asylum tables, vol. 1) contains the number of asylum applications, from main
applicants, and initial decisions each year, broken down by nationality.</p><p>Data
in table as_01 relate to initial decisions only. The number of ‘successful’ applications
will increase when taking into account those granted after appeal. Table as_06 shows
the number of decisions in a given year that have led to an appeal, by appeal outcome.
Data in this table are not directly comparable over time as more recent years will
have a high number of cases where a final decision has not yet been made.</p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Year</p></td><td><p>Country
of nationality</p></td><td><p><strong> Total </strong> <strong>applications </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
Total initial decisions </strong></p></td><td><p><strong> Total grants </strong></p></td><td><p><strong>
Percentage granted </strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2007</p></td><td><p>Sri Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>988</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>936</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>124</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2008</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,473</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>874</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>206</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2009</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,115</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,251</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>190</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>15%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2010</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,357</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,612</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>228</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>14%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2011</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,756</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,604</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>323</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2012</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,744</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,384</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>333</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>24%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2013</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,811</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,287</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>262</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>20%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2014</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>1,292</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,217</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>157</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>13%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2015</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>961</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>1,537</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>179</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>12%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2016</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>845</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>731</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>44</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>6%</strong></p></td></tr><tr><td><p>2017</p></td><td><p>Sri
Lanka</p></td><td><p><strong>687</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>649</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>49</strong></p></td><td><p><strong>8%</strong></p></td></tr></tbody></table><ol><li>Grants
include grants of asylum, discretionary leave, humanitarian protection, and grants
under family and private life rules.</li></ol><p>2. Decisions made in a given year
does not necessarily relate to the number of applications in the same year. Applications
are based on the date of application and decisions are based on the date of initial
decision.</p>
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