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Northern Ireland

Antrim and Newtownabbey

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office
Sammy Wilson
Sammy WilsonDUP · East Antrim

3 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Antrim and Newtownabbey.

199 people on asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey

Rank 134 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 13.44 per 10,000 puts Antrim and Newtownabbey in the 67th percentile. That means a moderate load compared to the national picture. 138 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 199 people at £107 per person per day is about £7.8M a year.

What asylum costs Antrim and Newtownabbey

£4.5Mestimated hotel costs/year
£509Ksubsistence payments/year
£239KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 199 people on asylum support in Antrim and Newtownabbey(0.21% of 93,293 nationally at 30 Jun 2026). Hotel costs pro-rated from £5.77M/day national spend in 2024/25 (House of Commons Library, CDP-2025-0184). Subsistence: £49.18/week per person.

Antrim and Newtownabbey: asylum numbers still rising

Quarter-end stock series to Dec 2025. A rise or fall is a net change in the number of people on support at period end, not the number of new claims or distinct people moving through the caseload. Support stock also overlaps with, but is not identical to, the awaiting-decision backlog.

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Exact values
PeriodValue
Jun 20203
Sept 20206
Dec 20206
Mar 20216
Jun 20219
Sept 202131
Dec 2021168
Mar 202283
Jun 2022106
Sept 202294
Dec 2022100
Mar 2023161
Jun 2023144
Sept 2023127
Dec 2023153
Mar 2024162
Jun 2024144
Sept 2024164
Dec 2024196
Mar 2025159
Jun 2025170
Sept 2025165
Dec 2025202

Trend

+37Latest quarter change
+199Change across series
23Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation61
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation138

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
199
Homes for Ukraine
122
Afghan programme
30
Resettlement cumulative
254

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine122
Afghan programme30
Resettlement cumulative254

Population context

All pathways total351
Share of local population0.24%
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