Written questions

Asylum: Northern Ireland

Commons · Question 121303 · Tabled 17 Mar 2026 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 24 Mar 2026

Question

Asked by Jim Shannon

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum seekers have been resettled in Northern Ireland this year.

Answer

Answered by Alex Norris, 24 Mar 2026

Northern Ireland is not a dispersal area and asylum seekers are therefore not routed between Northern Ireland and Great Britain. Only those claiming asylum in Northern Ireland are accommodated there. Northern Ireland’s asylum population is, however, propo...