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A has raised its concerns about the "disproportionate" number of placed in the area. Derby has one of the highest rates of asylum seekers in the UK, with 50 per 10,000 residents in the local authority area.

Only six local authorities have higher rates across the UK. Derby also has the highest across the whole of the East Midlands. The city which sits on the banks of the River Derwent is a Home Office dispersal location, meaning asylum seekers are temporarily housed there while their claims are processed, and more permanent housing is found.

Derby provides temporary accommodation through various means, including properties used for housing asylum seekers and transitional hotel accommodation.

New data now shows the number of asylum seekers in Derby has more than doubled since 2014.

According to the latest Home Office figures, 1,331 asylum seekers received support in Derby at the end of December 2024 - more than two times the 583 people receiving support in 2014.

The city also receives Ukrainian refugees through the Homes for Ukraine scheme and has an Afghan Resettlement Programme, this data does not include these schemes.

Over 340 of the people receiving support last year were being housed in hotels or other contingency accommodation, and a total of 1,707 people across as a whole were receiving asylum support in the year ending December 2024.

Derby City Council say they have repeatedly questioned the decision to use contingency hotels to house individuals in "such vulnerable" circumstances and why a "disproportionate" number have been placed in Derby recently.

A spokesperson for Derby City Council said: "The placement of asylum seekers is the responsibility of the Home Office. As a Council, we have repeatedly made representations to the government to raise our concerns about the disproportionate number of asylum seekers placed in Derby in recent years and question the appropriateness of using contingency hotels to house individuals in such vulnerable circumstances."

Hillingdon in London was taking care of more asylum seekers than any other council area in the country relative to its size.

There were a total of 3,010 people in receipt of asylum support in the council area last year. That's up from just 140 in 2014 and works out as 94 for every 10,000 people living in the area, the highest ratio in the country.