Dhaka, Aug. 22 -- Britain has received a record number of asylum applications, official data showed Thursday, as the government faces growing pressure over the housing of thousands of migrants in hotels.
A total of 111,084 people applied for asylum in the UK in the year to June 2025, according to figures released by the interior ministry, called the Home Office.
That was the highest for any 12-month period since current records began in 2001.
Immigration is a thorny issue in Britain, where Labour Prime Minister Keir Starmer is struggling to fend off the hard-right Reform UK party led by anti-immigrant firebrand Nigel Farage.
The upstarts are piling pressure on Labour over accommodating asylum seekers in hotels, a practice that hit peak ...