Northern Ireland

Causeway Coast and Glens

Updated 30 Jun 2026 · Home Office · Corrections log
Dave Doogan
Dave DooganSNP · Angus and Perthshire Glens

2 MPs cover constituencies in or overlapping Causeway Coast and Glens.

206 people on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens

Rank 130 of 361 councils nationally. The rate of 14.51 per 10,000 puts Causeway Coast and Glens in the 70th percentile. That means this area carries more asylum seekers per head than 70% of the country. 127 in contingency accommodation (hotels, not housing). Accommodation and support for 206 people at £107 per person per day is about £8.0M a year.

What asylum costs Causeway Coast and Glens

£4.7Mestimated hotel costs/year
£527Ksubsistence payments/year
£247KLA dispersal grant/year

Estimates based on 206 people on asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens(0.22% 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.

How many asylum seekers are in Causeway Coast and Glens?

206 people were receiving Home Office asylum support in Causeway Coast and Glens at 30 June 2026, the most recent quarter published. That ranks 130th of 361 UK local authorities. It counts people on support at that date, which is not the number who claimed asylum there and not the number waiting for a decision.

How many asylum seekers per 10,000 people are in Causeway Coast and Glens?

14.51 per 10,000 residents, which places Causeway Coast and Glens in the 70th percentile of UK local authorities. It carries more people on asylum support per head than 70% of the country. Rate is the fair comparison between areas, because a large city carries more people than a small district at the same pressure per head.

Are there asylum hotels in Causeway Coast and Glens?

The Home Office does not say. 127 people in Causeway Coast and Glens were in contingency accommodation at 30 June 2026, and contingency accommodation is the category that includes hotels. No site in the area has been named in council papers, a parliamentary answer or published reporting, so the buildings are not identifiable.

Who houses asylum seekers in Causeway Coast and Glens?

Mears holds the Home Office asylum accommodation contract for the region Causeway Coast and Glens sits in, under the Asylum Accommodation and Support Contracts. The contract covers a whole region rather than a single council, and the Home Office does not publish a council-by-council split of which properties sit under it.

Causeway Coast and Glens: asylum numbers still rising

Quarter-end stock series to Jun 2026. 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
Dec 202244
Mar 202346
Jun 202372
Sept 2023148
Dec 2023158
Mar 2024157
Jun 2024131
Sept 2024144
Dec 2024167
Mar 2025174
Jun 2025201
Sept 2025214
Dec 2025199
Mar 2026200
Jun 2026206

Trend

+6Latest quarter change
+162Change across series
15Official data points

Local numbers

Accommodation split

Dispersal accommodation79
Initial accommodation0
Subsistence only0
Contingency accommodation127

Pathway breakdown

Supported asylum
206
Homes for Ukraine
178
Afghan programme
11
Resettlement cumulative
39

Other routes

Homes for Ukraine178
Afghan programme11
Resettlement cumulative39

Population context

All pathways total395
Share of local population0.28%