Over 22,000 Nigerians seek asylum in UK within four years - UK Home Office

 

A total of 22,619 Nigerians have applied for asylum in United Kingdom (UK) within four years.

According to the UK Home Office, the asylum applications were received from Nigerian nationals from 2010 to 2024.

The figure showed that Nigeria ranked 11th on the Home Office’s newly released year-end Asylum and Resettlement statistics.

According to the Home Office, a total of 2,841 Nigerians applied for asylum in 2024 while in 2023 1,462 request were received.