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Thurrock

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

145
asylum seekers supported
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
141
in dispersal accommodation
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source
4
other or unclassified support
as at 31 Mar 2026 · source

Thurrock ranks #161 of 344 UK local authorities with supported asylum seekers, carrying 0.2% of England's supported caseload — 8.2 per 10,000 residents (against the 176,000 usual residents counted in 2021). No contingency accommodation (hotel or otherwise) is recorded here at this snapshot. Compare all authorities →

The last 12 quarters

338030 Jun 202331 Mar 202630 Jun 2023 — 33830 Sep 2023 — 29131 Dec 2023 — 20431 Mar 2024 — 21530 Jun 2024 — 19530 Sep 2024 — 18931 Dec 2024 — 16931 Mar 2025 — 16430 Jun 2025 — 14130 Sep 2025 — 15331 Dec 2025 — 17531 Mar 2026 — 145
People in receipt of Home Office asylum support in Thurrock, quarterly snapshots. Asylum seekers in receipt of Home Office support by local authority, year ending March 2026 (Home Office, Immigration system statistics).

Down 57% since 30 Jun 2023.

Census context (2021)

176,000
usual residents
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
21%
born outside the UK (36,941)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source
1.9%
cannot speak English well or at all (3,144)
Census day, 21 March 2021 · source

The legal route, locally

Alongside asylum dispersal, Thurrock has received 2 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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