MigrationWatchdog

Islington

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

56
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
30
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Islington ranks #223 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 2.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 216,589 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

977030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 97730 Sep 2023 — 86331 Dec 2023 — 74331 Mar 2024 — 82330 Jun 2024 — 66930 Sep 2024 — 88731 Dec 2024 — 81631 Mar 2025 — 67830 Jun 2025 — 61430 Sep 2025 — 66631 Dec 2025 — 4731 Mar 2026 — 56
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Islington, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 94% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

216,589
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
39.9%
born outside the UK (86,376)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,156)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Islington has received 167 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 43 of them 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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