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Sefton

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

417
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
406
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Sefton ranks #77 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.5% of England's supported caseload — 14.9 per 10,000 residents (against the 279,233 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

434030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 36230 Sep 2023 — 38331 Dec 2023 — 35331 Mar 2024 — 37730 Jun 2024 — 37730 Sep 2024 — 39631 Dec 2024 — 42231 Mar 2025 — 43030 Jun 2025 — 42630 Sep 2025 — 41431 Dec 2025 — 43431 Mar 2026 — 417
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Sefton, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 15% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

279,233
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
6.4%
born outside the UK (17,969)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
0.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,346)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Sefton 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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