🚨 BREAKING: The Home Office has released immigration statistics for 2025
Overall Arrivals
- 136.6 million arrivals to the UK in 2025
- 57% were British nationals
- 809,000 non-visit visas issued (work, study, family, humanitarian)
Asylum
- 101,000 asylum claims in 2025 - down 4%
- 135,000 initial decisions made, up 56%, highest since records began in 2002
- Grant rate: 42%, down from 47%
- 64,000 awaiting a decision, down 48% in a year, 63% below the 2023 peak
- 31,000 asylum seekers in hotel accommodation, down 19%
Illegal Entry
- 46,000 detected illegal arrivals in 2025
- 41,000 arrived via small boats, up 13% on last year, 9% below 2022 peak
- Top nationalities: Eritrean, Afghan, Iranian, Sudanese, Somali
Enforcement
- 23,000 entered immigration detention, up 11%
- 9,900 enforced returns, up 21%
- 28,000 voluntary returns, up 5%
- 5,600 foreign national offender returns, up 11%
Work Visas
- 168,000 work visas granted - down 19% on last year
- 50% down from the 2023 peak
- Health & Care visas -13,000 issued, down 91% from peak
- Other skilled worker visas: 48,000, down 36%
Study Visas
- 407,000 student visas granted - down 3% on last year
- 35% below the 2023 peak
- Student dependant visas: 20,000, down 10%
Family Visas
- 67,000 family visas granted - down 22%
- Partner visas: 41,000, down 27%
- Refugee Family Reunion visas: 19,000, down 2% (route temporarily paused from Sept 2025)
Settlement and Citizenship
- 146,000 settlement grants, down 10%
- 355,000 EU Settlement Scheme grants, up 2%
- 236,000 British citizenship grants, down 13%, second highest annual total since 2005
BobDoesSports has officially signed with Takomo.
This is a huge day for Takomo and 2026. The cult following of BDS is unlike anything and so powerful.
They are such a great group of guys top to bottom. Couldn’t be more pumped for this!
Food for thought, I find a thin cookie to be incredibly better than these thick ones. Not to say thick cookies don’t get the job done but nowhere near what a thin one can do for you #FeedBob
people acting shocked about him and his wife wanting to have their baby in Slovenia as if the US doesn’t have the worst maternal mortality rates in the developed world.
I can’t think of a better place for my tax money to go than to feed a hungry kid.
And if that means that a Reform UK council has to hang one less Union Jack from a lamppost, then I think I can make my peace with that.
FOR SALE: 2 x Porsche headlights
Look great on a Porsche which is missing its headlights and work equally as well as a lamp in your study room. Or just a gr8 collectors item for fans of cars
Available to drop off in London only. No refunds.
£769 ono (or nearest offer)
In the near future, your Tesla will drop you off at the store entrance and then go find a parking spot.
When you’re ready to exit the store, just tap Summon on your phone and the car will come to you.
Bioweapon Defense Mode comes in handy after you've had takeout dinner in the car
Any air in the cabin is replaced with outside air that has been filtered through HEPA & carbon filters