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Telford and Wrekin

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

566
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
473
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
89
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
89
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Telford and Wrekin ranks #55 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.7% of England's supported caseload — 30.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 185,540 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

763030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 13430 Sep 2023 — 24831 Dec 2023 — 28831 Mar 2024 — 27730 Jun 2024 — 21830 Sep 2024 — 43131 Dec 2024 — 48331 Mar 2025 — 59030 Jun 2025 — 72730 Sep 2025 — 76331 Dec 2025 — 71031 Mar 2026 — 566
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Telford and Wrekin, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 322% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

185,540
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
11.4%
born outside the UK (21,108)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.4%
cannot speak English well or at all (2,449)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Telford and Wrekin has received 56 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.

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