MigrationWatchdog

Flintshire

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

59
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
58
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Flintshire ranks #219 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.7% of Wales's supported caseload — 3.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 154,962 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

60030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 030 Sep 2023 — 431 Dec 2023 — 031 Mar 2024 — 2230 Jun 2024 — 3030 Sep 2024 — 2831 Dec 2024 — 3431 Mar 2025 — 3630 Jun 2025 — 5330 Sep 2025 — 4831 Dec 2025 — 6031 Mar 2026 — 59
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Flintshire, 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)

154,962
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.5%
born outside the UK (10,010)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,427)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Flintshire has received 56 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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