MigrationWatchdog

Thanet

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

106
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
34
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
61
in contingency accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
61
of which in hotels
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
11
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Thanet ranks #178 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.1% of England's supported caseload — 7.5 per 10,000 residents (against the 140,587 usual residents counted in 2021). Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

126030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 830 Sep 2023 — 7831 Dec 2023 — 7831 Mar 2024 — 6330 Jun 2024 — 7830 Sep 2024 — 9031 Dec 2024 — 10831 Mar 2025 — 10330 Jun 2025 — 12630 Sep 2025 — 12631 Dec 2025 — 12231 Mar 2026 — 106
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Thanet, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Up 1225% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

140,587
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
9.8%
born outside the UK (13,725)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.1%
cannot speak English well or at all (1,508)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Thanet has received 8 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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