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Lisburn and Castlereagh

Northern Ireland — asylum support snapshot, as at 31 Mar 2026.

9
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
9
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Lisburn and Castlereagh ranks #304 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of Northern Ireland's supported caseload. No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

45030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 4230 Sep 2023 — 4531 Dec 2023 — 3231 Mar 2024 — 4030 Jun 2024 — 3730 Sep 2024 — 4131 Dec 2024 — 3731 Mar 2025 — 3930 Jun 2025 — 2330 Sep 2025 — 1331 Dec 2025 — 1831 Mar 2026 — 9
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Lisburn and Castlereagh, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 79% since 30 Jun 2023.

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Lisburn and Castlereagh has received 187 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 context is unavailable: the 2021 census covered England and Wales only — Northern Ireland ran its own census. Numbers say where the asylum system places people — they say nothing about any individual.

Data as of

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