Accoding to Asylum in Europe
In 2021 France provided asylum to 33,875 (out of 120,685 applications considered). No applications outstanding.
In 2021 UK provided asylum to 12,835 (out of 56,495 applications considered). 100,564 applications outstanding.
The Government statistics website showed the UK offered protection, in the form of asylum, humanitarian protection, alternative forms of leave and resettlement, to 13,210 people (including dependants) in the year ending September 2021.
Note to LUHE : An asylum seeker is not, by definition, an illegal immigrant.