A RECORD number of people claimed asylum in the UK in the last year - with a massive 32,000 currently living in taxpayer-funded hotels.

Home Office data released this morning shows that 111,000 people claimed asylum in the year ending June 2025 up 14 per cent on last year.

It is higher than the previous recorded peak of 103,000 which was set in 2002.

The number of people claiming asylum in this country has almost doubled since 2021.

Half of all those came via irregular routes - such as on a small boat or in the back of a lorry - while 37 per cent claimed asylum after previously arriving on a valid visa.

In the year up to March, the UK was the fifth biggest recipient of asylum seekers in the UK after Germany, Spain, Italy and France.

The sky-high figures come as the number of migran

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