MigrationWatchdog

Southampton

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

336
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
212
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
94
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
94
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
30
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Southampton ranks #96 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.4% of England's supported caseload — 13.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 248,921 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

377030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 37030 Sep 2023 — 37731 Dec 2023 — 34131 Mar 2024 — 32030 Jun 2024 — 29730 Sep 2024 — 30131 Dec 2024 — 31331 Mar 2025 — 31530 Jun 2025 — 30830 Sep 2025 — 32931 Dec 2025 — 34231 Mar 2026 — 336
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Southampton, 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 (-9%).

Census context (2021)

248,921
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
24.1%
born outside the UK (60,098)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
2.6%
cannot speak English well or at all (6,159)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Southampton 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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