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Folkestone and Hythe

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

38
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
33
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
5
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Folkestone and Hythe ranks #248 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0% of England's supported caseload — 3.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 109,757 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

380030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 33930 Sep 2023 — 38031 Dec 2023 — 29731 Mar 2024 — 21630 Jun 2024 — 30630 Sep 2024 — 16231 Dec 2024 — 19331 Mar 2025 — 17530 Jun 2025 — 9930 Sep 2025 — 31331 Dec 2025 — 3131 Mar 2026 — 38
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Folkestone and Hythe, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 89% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

109,757
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
10.5%
born outside the UK (11,476)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.8%
cannot speak English well or at all (861)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Folkestone and Hythe has received 33 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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