MigrationWatchdog

Ashford

England · South East — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

104
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
37
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
65
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
65
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Ashford ranks #179 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 7.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 132,748 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

203030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 20030 Sep 2023 — 20131 Dec 2023 — 18131 Mar 2024 — 13230 Jun 2024 — 11330 Sep 2024 — 18931 Dec 2024 — 20331 Mar 2025 — 19130 Jun 2025 — 15930 Sep 2025 — 20031 Dec 2025 — 16831 Mar 2026 — 104
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Ashford, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 48% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

132,748
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
13.4%
born outside the UK (17,806)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,641)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Ashford has received 162 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 5 of them 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 figures are from March 2021 and predate arrivals since. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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