MigrationWatchdog

Southwark

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

502
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
17
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
359
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
359
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
90
in initial accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
36
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Southwark ranks #62 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.6% of England's supported caseload — 16.3 per 10,000 residents (against the 307,632 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

1.6k030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 1,41230 Sep 2023 — 1,58431 Dec 2023 — 1,21531 Mar 2024 — 1,24130 Jun 2024 — 1,17730 Sep 2024 — 1,16531 Dec 2024 — 98331 Mar 2025 — 91430 Jun 2025 — 63330 Sep 2025 — 67631 Dec 2025 — 53231 Mar 2026 — 502
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Southwark, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 64% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

307,632
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
40.7%
born outside the UK (125,240)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
3.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (10,219)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Southwark has received 53 people through formal resettlement schemes since 2014 — 1 of them 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.

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