At the end of 2016 there were 39,389 asylum seekers in the country receiving some support from the government. Ten local authorities are responsible for supporting more than one third of all asylum seekers in the UK (35.5%). I think it’s appalling.” Rochdale is home to 1,061 asylum seekers, the seventh largest number in the country. In December the number of asylum seekers in Glasgow – 3,311 – breached this limit with 1.09 per 200 people. The biggest host states in 2017 are set to be North Rhine-Westphalia, with 21% of asylum seekers, and Bavaria with 15%.

Source: The Guardian April 09, 2017 21:00 UTC