Refugee Crisis
The UK cities hosting the most asylum seekers
At the end of 2016 there were a total of 39,389 asylum seekers in the UK receiving support from the government. As , their distribution has been largely concentrated in the poorest parts of the country. While Glasgow has taken the biggest share (3,311), cities such as Manchester, Bolton, and Rochdale - belonging to the poorest 25 percent of local authorities - are shouldering the financial burden the most. In fact, a total of 57 percent of all asylum seekers are currently living in the poorest third of the country; a situation described by Labour MP Yvette Cooper as a "deeply unfair shambles".
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This chart shows the UK local authorities hosting the most asylum seekers receiving state support as of 31 December 2016. .
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