Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire & Merseyside share 30% of North West asylum seekers, Greater Manchester gets the other 70% Posted By: Chronic-Oldham December 4, 2017 This weeks official statistics show in the third quarter of 2017 Greater Manchester continues to house 70% of all asylum seekers in the entire North West leaving Cheshire, Cumbria, Lancashire & Merseyside to share the other 30%. Asylum statistics July to September 2017