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Derry City and Strabane

Northern Ireland — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

228
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
224
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
3
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Derry City and Strabane ranks #131 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 9.6% of Northern Ireland's supported caseload. No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

271030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 18530 Sep 2023 — 17231 Dec 2023 — 19431 Mar 2024 — 20430 Jun 2024 — 23030 Sep 2024 — 26631 Dec 2024 — 24531 Mar 2025 — 27130 Jun 2025 — 25530 Sep 2025 — 23931 Dec 2025 — 25431 Mar 2026 — 228
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Derry City and Strabane, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 23% since 30 Jun 2023.

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Derry City and Strabane has received 94 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 context is unavailable: the 2021 census covered England and Wales only — Northern Ireland ran its own census. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

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