MigrationWatchdog

Manchester

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

1,606
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
707
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
782
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
782
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
117
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Manchester ranks #6 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.9% of England's supported caseload — 29.1 per 10,000 residents (against the 551,937 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

2.3k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 2,06830 Sep 2023 — 2,34531 Dec 2023 — 1,71431 Mar 2024 — 1,49930 Jun 2024 — 1,62730 Sep 2024 — 2,08431 Dec 2024 — 1,98531 Mar 2025 — 1,72030 Jun 2025 — 1,99730 Sep 2025 — 2,10831 Dec 2025 — 1,84631 Mar 2026 — 1,606
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Manchester, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 22% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

551,937
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
31.4%
born outside the UK (173,207)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
4%
cannot speak English well or at all (21,432)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Manchester has received 13 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 2 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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