asylum

The number of people appealing against a refused asylum decision is updated every three months by the Ministry of Justice at a different time to other government figures on asylum.

The figures also show the number of asylum seekers in hotels as of September rose by 2% compared with the same time last year.

After a large influx of refugees into Sweden in 2015, many of whom were from Syria, successive left- and right-wing governments have tightened asylum and migration rules.

His nine-month trial took a dramatic turn earlier this month when his former prime minister Betssy Chavez, also put in the dock, was given asylum by the Mexican embassy.

The Home Office said the judgment allowed it to work to close every asylum hotel in an "orderly, planned and sustained programme".