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Swansea

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

677
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
659
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
18
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Swansea ranks #41 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 20% of Wales's supported caseload — 28.4 per 10,000 residents (against the 238,490 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

906030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 90630 Sep 2023 — 81131 Dec 2023 — 69831 Mar 2024 — 83930 Jun 2024 — 84430 Sep 2024 — 80731 Dec 2024 — 78631 Mar 2025 — 76730 Jun 2025 — 73030 Sep 2025 — 70931 Dec 2025 — 70131 Mar 2026 — 677
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Swansea, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 25% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

238,490
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
9.4%
born outside the UK (22,471)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,498)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Swansea has received 164 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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