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 revealed by The Guardian, 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".