在所有国籍中，公民身分申请量从一年前的68,771上升至2025年第四季的90,555。内政部数据也显示，2025年共签发809,407份非访客签证，较前一年下降15%，但较2019年疫情前水准高出10%。同时，经由英吉利海峡小船入境的无证抵达人数年增13%，但仍比2022年高峰低9%。
文章指出，2025年约有46,000人透过非法路线抵达，且多数随后申请庇护；庇护申请总量达101,000，较前一年下降4%。Gallup发现，21%的英国人将移民列为首要关切，文章并称只有另外六个国家至少有每10名成年人中1人把移民视为最重要议题。内政部表示，英国在EU+中的庇护申请者总量排名第5；按人口规模调整后排名第15；截至12月底，等待首次庇护决定者为48,723，年减48%；接受国家庇护支持者为107,003，下降5%；旅馆安置人数为30,657，下降19%。
Home Office data published Thursday showed that 8,790 US nationals applied for British citizenship through registration or naturalization in 2025, which was 42% higher than the previous high of 6,192 in 2024, and 2,490 applications were filed in the final quarter of 2025. The article says this was an all-time high in the first year of President Donald Trump’s second White House term. Nick Rollason of Kingsley Napley said 2022 rule changes allowing Americans with a British grandmother to apply likely helped, and he also cited the US political climate and concern about a possible future “earned citizenship” scheme in the government’s May White Paper.
Across all nationalities, citizenship applications rose to 90,555 in the fourth quarter of 2025 from 68,771 a year earlier. The Home Office figures also showed 809,407 non-visit visas were issued in 2025, down 15% from the previous year but 10% above 2019 pre-pandemic levels. At the same time, undocumented arrivals on small boats across the English Channel increased 13% year on year, although this remained 9% below the 2022 peak.
The article states that about 46,000 people arrived through illegal routes in 2025 and most then claimed asylum; total asylum claims reached 101,000, down 4% from the previous year. Gallup found 21% of Britons named immigration as their top concern, and the article says only six other countries had at least one in 10 adults naming immigration as the foremost issue. The Home Office said the UK had the fifth-largest asylum seeker total in the EU+ and the 15th largest when adjusted for population size; pending initial asylum decisions were 48,723 at end-December, down 48% year on year, people on state asylum support were 107,003, down 5%, and hotel accommodation numbers were 30,657, down 19%.