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<p>The UK has a proud history of providing protection to those who need it, in accordance
with our obligations under the Refugee Convention and the European Convention on Human
Rights (ECHR).</p><p><br>The number of Iranians who have claimed asylum in the UK
up to Quarter 3 2018 (year ending Sept 18) and those who have been granted leave (Asylum/HP/ELR/other)
can be found at the published Immigration Statistics, Asylum Data Tables Volume 1,
table as_01_q:</p><p><a href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum"
target="_blank">https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/immigration-statistics-year-ending-september-2018/list-of-tables#asylum</a></p><p><br>We
cannot provide data on the reasons why the asylum claims were made i.e. the Convention
reason, as the basis of a person’s asylum claim is recorded on their individual Home
Office file, but not in a way that can be easily aggregated, so we cannot provide
figures on how many claims were unsuccessful as a result of not being able to prove
Christian faith. As such, this information could only be obtained at disproportionate
cost, because it would require a manual search through individual records.</p>
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