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Bridgend

Wales — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

42
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
41
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Bridgend ranks #242 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.2% of Wales's supported caseload — 2.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 145,487 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

54030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 030 Sep 2023 — 031 Dec 2023 — 031 Mar 2024 — 1130 Jun 2024 — 1630 Sep 2024 — 2431 Dec 2024 — 1931 Mar 2025 — 3630 Jun 2025 — 4430 Sep 2025 — 5431 Dec 2025 — 4131 Mar 2026 — 42
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Bridgend, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Census context (2021)

145,487
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4.3%
born outside the UK (6,262)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (526)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Bridgend has received 54 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 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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