MigrationWatchdog

Newport

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

344
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
340
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Newport ranks #93 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 10.1% of Wales's supported caseload — 21.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 159,594 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

436030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 43630 Sep 2023 — 42431 Dec 2023 — 35331 Mar 2024 — 41330 Jun 2024 — 40230 Sep 2024 — 41231 Dec 2024 — 38631 Mar 2025 — 40830 Jun 2025 — 36730 Sep 2025 — 36031 Dec 2025 — 34931 Mar 2026 — 344
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Newport, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 21% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

159,594
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
12.2%
born outside the UK (19,420)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.5%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,318)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Newport has received 128 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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