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North Somerset

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

77
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
42
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
33
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
33
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
2
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

North Somerset ranks #197 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 3.6 per 10,000 residents (against the 216,731 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

244030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 24030 Sep 2023 — 24431 Dec 2023 — 11531 Mar 2024 — 9830 Jun 2024 — 8030 Sep 2024 — 10831 Dec 2024 — 9531 Mar 2025 — 9230 Jun 2025 — 12630 Sep 2025 — 9531 Dec 2025 — 8331 Mar 2026 — 77
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in North Somerset, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 68% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

216,731
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
8.4%
born outside the UK (18,198)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,217)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, North Somerset has received 53 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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