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East Suffolk

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

66
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
63
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
3
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

East Suffolk ranks #214 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 2.7 per 10,000 residents (against the 246,060 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

66030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1130 Sep 2023 — 731 Dec 2023 — 431 Mar 2024 — 930 Jun 2024 — 830 Sep 2024 — 831 Dec 2024 — 1731 Mar 2025 — 3330 Jun 2025 — 3130 Sep 2025 — 3531 Dec 2025 — 3931 Mar 2026 — 66
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in East Suffolk, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 500% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

246,060
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6%
born outside the UK (14,674)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.3%
cannot speak English well or at all (800)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · 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.

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