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Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon

Northern Ireland — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

87
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
87
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon ranks #189 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 3.7% of Northern Ireland's supported caseload. No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

99030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 2130 Sep 2023 — 3631 Dec 2023 — 3931 Mar 2024 — 5330 Jun 2024 — 6130 Sep 2024 — 6731 Dec 2024 — 7231 Mar 2025 — 6630 Jun 2025 — 5230 Sep 2025 — 9231 Dec 2025 — 9931 Mar 2026 — 87
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 314% since 30 Jun 2023.

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon has received 214 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 (none in the last four published quarters).

four quarters to 2026 Q1, and cumulative since 2014 · source

Ranked nearby

Support counts are a point-in-time snapshot by registered address; contingency sites open and close between quarters. Census context is unavailable: the 2021 census covered England and Wales only — Northern Ireland ran its own census. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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