MigrationWatchdog

City of Edinburgh

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

167
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
49
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
86
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
86
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
28
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

City of Edinburgh ranks #153 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 2.5% of Scotland's supported caseload. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

232030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 4530 Sep 2023 — 12231 Dec 2023 — 7131 Mar 2024 — 13430 Jun 2024 — 12830 Sep 2024 — 16631 Dec 2024 — 17331 Mar 2025 — 17730 Jun 2025 — 18930 Sep 2025 — 20731 Dec 2025 — 23231 Mar 2026 — 167
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in City of Edinburgh, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 271% since 30 Jun 2023.

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, City of Edinburgh has received 702 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 31 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 context is unavailable: the 2021 census covered England and Wales only — Scotland 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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