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Dorset

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

5
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
3
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Dorset ranks #316 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0% of England's supported caseload — 0.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 379,579 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

402030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 030 Sep 2023 — 531 Dec 2023 — 29731 Mar 2024 — 18730 Jun 2024 — 40230 Sep 2024 — 29731 Dec 2024 — 531 Mar 2025 — 930 Jun 2025 — 730 Sep 2025 — 231 Dec 2025 — 531 Mar 2026 — 5
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Dorset, 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)

379,579
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.5%
born outside the UK (24,727)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.2%
cannot speak English well or at all (868)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Dorset has received 37 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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