MigrationWatchdog

Cardiff

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

1,418
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1,228
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
100
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
100
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
65
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
25
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Cardiff ranks #10 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 41.8% of Wales's supported caseload — 39.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 362,308 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.7k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,69630 Sep 2023 — 1,65531 Dec 2023 — 1,45431 Mar 2024 — 1,62430 Jun 2024 — 1,53730 Sep 2024 — 1,67231 Dec 2024 — 1,62131 Mar 2025 — 1,50230 Jun 2025 — 1,44230 Sep 2025 — 1,46331 Dec 2025 — 1,41831 Mar 2026 — 1,418
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Cardiff, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 16% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

362,308
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
16.5%
born outside the UK (59,848)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,700)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Cardiff has received 105 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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