Britain has received a record number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as the government faces growing pressure over the housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.
A total of 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025, according to figures released by the Home Office.
That was the highest for any 12 months since current records began in 2001.
The Home Office data showed that 32,059 migrants were staying in hotels at the end of June, an 8% increase on the same month last year, just before Labour Party leader Keir Starmer became prime minister.
Starmer is facing heat over his failure to stop illegal migrants crossing the Channel to England on small boats.
Thursday’s data showed that illegal arrivals soared 27% on the previous year, with 88% of those coming by small boats.
