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Merthyr Tydfil

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

45
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
41
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Merthyr Tydfil ranks #239 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.3% of Wales's supported caseload — 7.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 58,839 usual residents counted in 2021). 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 — 330 Sep 2023 — 531 Dec 2023 — 531 Mar 2024 — 530 Jun 2024 — 430 Sep 2024 — 431 Dec 2024 — 1531 Mar 2025 — 1130 Jun 2025 — 1830 Sep 2025 — 2231 Dec 2025 — 3331 Mar 2026 — 45
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Merthyr Tydfil, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 1400% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

58,839
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
5.6%
born outside the UK (3,286)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (630)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Merthyr Tydfil has received 8 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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