MigrationWatchdog

Newham

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

1,030
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
280
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
697
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
697
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
53
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Newham ranks #23 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 1.2% of England's supported caseload — 29.3 per 10,000 residents (against the 351,036 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.6k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,60330 Sep 2023 — 1,61131 Dec 2023 — 1,33031 Mar 2024 — 1,27930 Jun 2024 — 1,28930 Sep 2024 — 1,34331 Dec 2024 — 1,39731 Mar 2025 — 1,41830 Jun 2025 — 1,26830 Sep 2025 — 1,25431 Dec 2025 — 1,14031 Mar 2026 — 1,030
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Newham, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 36% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

351,036
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
53.7%
born outside the UK (188,589)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (27,277)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Newham has received 67 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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