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Brighton and Hove

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

179
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
84
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
73
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
73
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
22
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Brighton and Hove ranks #150 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 6.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 277,103 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

250030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 23630 Sep 2023 — 25031 Dec 2023 — 11531 Mar 2024 — 15330 Jun 2024 — 13430 Sep 2024 — 12231 Dec 2024 — 15731 Mar 2025 — 17030 Jun 2025 — 15030 Sep 2025 — 17531 Dec 2025 — 10131 Mar 2026 — 179
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Brighton and Hove, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 24% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

277,103
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
19.6%
born outside the UK (54,343)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,118)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Brighton and Hove has received 82 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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