The International Protection Appeals Tribunal is the downstream pressure point in the asylum process. This report tracks appeals on hand, appeals received, decisions, and outcomes.

18,864Appeals on hand at end-2025.
15,334Appeals received in 2025 across all appeal types.
6,254Appeals completed in 2025, per IPAT annual reporting.
72%Refusal share in recorded asylum/subsidiary/refusal outcome rows for 2025.

Backlog Trajectory

YearAppeals at startAppeals at end
20211,6551,180
20221,180851
20238513,908
20243,9089,705
20259,70518,864

Caveat: appeals are not applicants. One person can lodge more than one appeal type, and appeals received in one year often relate to first-instance decisions from earlier arrivals.

Source

IPAT Statistics and IPAT Annual Reports.

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