The dip has provided breathing space for the Home Office, which has been battling a build-up of up to 450,000 unresolved asylum cases, some dating back more than a decade.

• 申请数目的微降让（英国）内政部有了喘口气的机会。他们一直奋斗于积压的政治避难案件，数目达450,000多件，有的甚至积压了十年以上了。