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Merton

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

253
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
77
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
150
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
150
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
26
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Merton ranks #120 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.3% of England's supported caseload — 11.8 per 10,000 residents (against the 215,185 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

377030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 37730 Sep 2023 — 34131 Dec 2023 — 29431 Mar 2024 — 31330 Jun 2024 — 31630 Sep 2024 — 30631 Dec 2024 — 31731 Mar 2025 — 30330 Jun 2025 — 28630 Sep 2025 — 32531 Dec 2025 — 30231 Mar 2026 — 253
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Merton, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 33% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

215,185
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
40.9%
born outside the UK (87,940)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.7%
cannot speak English well or at all (7,663)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Merton has received 18 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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