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Number of asylum seekers housed in hotels drops as small boat arrivals rise by 13%: Home Office
Home Office data show a 4% decline to 100,625 asylum claims in 2025 while small boat Channel arrivals rose 13% to 45,774, reflecting ongoing migration pressures.
- On Thursday the Home Office said 100,625 people applied for asylum in 2025, a 4% decrease from 2024.
- Small-Boat crossings increased 13% year-on-year to 45,774, accounting for 41% of all asylum claims last year, Home Office data show.
- Accommodation data show 30,657 people were housed in asylum hotels at the end of December 2025, almost halving from the peak of 56,018, while 72,769 lived in other Home Office accommodation.
- A Home Office spokesperson said `We have removed nearly 60,000 illegal migrants, numbers in asylum hotels are down, law enforcement action against people smugglers is at record levels and we are bearing down on the asylum backlog.`
- System pressures include the asylum backlog dropping to 64,000, with 39,095 claims from visa entrants and over 60% of arrivals from Eritrea, Afghanistan, Iran, Sudan, and Somalia.
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