Asylum: Housing
Commons · Question 42208 · Tabled 28 Mar 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 2 Apr 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers were housed in dispersed accommodation in Northern Ireland on 31 December (a) 2022 and (b) 2024.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 2 Apr 2025
Only those individuals claiming asylum in Northern Ireland are accommodated there.Northern Ireland’s asylum population is proportionate to its population when compared to the UK. There were 1,853 asylum seekers in dispersal accommodation in Northern Irela...