MigrationWatchdog

Mid Sussex

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

366
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
361
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
361
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
1
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Mid Sussex ranks #85 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 24 per 10,000 residents (against the 152,566 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

621030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 38830 Sep 2023 — 36831 Dec 2023 — 31131 Mar 2024 — 19530 Jun 2024 — 31730 Sep 2024 — 62131 Dec 2024 — 53331 Mar 2025 — 51930 Jun 2025 — 48230 Sep 2025 — 58831 Dec 2025 — 45031 Mar 2026 — 366
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Mid Sussex, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Broadly flat since 30 Jun 2023 (-6%).

Census context (2021)

152,566
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
11.9%
born outside the UK (18,171)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (701)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Mid Sussex has received 42 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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