There were 823 grants of protection through resettlement schemes in 2020, 85 per cent fewer than in the previous year. There were 29,456 asylum applications in the UK in 2020, an 18 per cent decrease from the previous year. Figures show there were just under one million visas granted in 2020, 69 per cent fewer than the previous year. The figures also show that there were 170,692 applications for British citizenship in 2020, two per cent fewer than 2019. The statistics also state that the number of people entering detention in 2020 was 14,773, 40 per cent fewer than the previous year.

Source: Daily Mail February 25, 2021 17:53 UTC