🚨 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
"This is one of the best things we've ever been a part of."
An emotional England captain Leah Williamson tells fans what it means to her - and the team - to win the #WEuro2025.
#BBCFootball
Chloe Kelly's winning penalty against Spain was clocked at 110km/h - faster than the most powerful shot in the men's Premier League last season - scored by Alexander Isak 🚀
It’s not ‘woke’ to say that game was fun btw.
I don’t watch women’s football, I also don’t watch 1500mm runners, but best believe I’m shouting the house down for Kelly Holmes at the olympics. Same way I want the lionesses to win.
Tonight was an entertaining watch, nobody claims it be men’s pro level, take it for what it is without constantly trying to compare it.
absolutely no idea why, Ive got absolutely no connection to crystal palace football club, just felt weirdly emotional at the final whistle
its a win for english football as a whole, the fact that they can do this gives me hope that we actually will win something again one day
Weeks ago my son Henley gave Bruno a hat so they could match, today Bruno took that hat to Wembley and wore it holding our first cup in 70 years
What a man he is and what a club we have got, Howay the lads 🖤🤍
@brunoog97@NUFC#NUFC#CarabaoCup
I can’t believe people didn’t watch these scenes live, them sending Scott on a date with Tina and locking Kady in the hideaway was so savage, they don’t make love island like this anymore #loveisland#loveislandallstars#allstars