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Asylum Accommodation

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say
a tent on the street
Refugees

Home Office extends 56-day refugee move-on period – but it doesn't go far enough, campaigners say

A trial 'move-on' period for refugees of 56 days had been set to expire at the end of June, with fears a shorter time to find a new home would drive homelessness
Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted
Deliveroo delivery person on a bicycle
Nathan Philips

Delivery bikes outside hotels prove only one thing: The ban on work for asylum seekers must be lifted

Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel
A stock image of a baby's foot
Asylum accommodation

Social services threatened to take refugee's newborn baby away in row over horror hostel

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness
John Perry

Refugees need more help to avoid becoming trapped in homelessness

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'
Immigration

Labour pledge to end use of asylum hotels 'good for refugees, the taxpayer and communities'

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This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels
A refugees welcome sign painted on the ground
Homelessness

This housing project claims it could save Labour millions on housing asylum seekers in hotels

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?
Alex Firth and Michael Garcia Bochenek

Did Labour just abandon its promise for a fairer asylum system?

This woman's asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here's how we can stop failing refugees
Counter-protesters react to a far-right protest outside an asylum seeker hotel
Emine Yoca

This woman's asylum hotel reminded her of being detained. Here's how we can stop failing refugees

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: 'It's more like a prison'
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Asylum hotels

This is what Christmas is like for thousands of asylum seekers in hotels: 'It's more like a prison'

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots
protesters surround a police van
UK riots

10 acts of violence and far-right 'activism' police ignored ahead of summer riots

‘Common sense and humanity’: Home Office doubles time given to refugees before eviction from asylum hotels
a tent on the street
Refugee homelessness

‘Common sense and humanity’: Home Office doubles time given to refugees before eviction from asylum hotels

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'
Bibby Stockholm protest
Asylum hotels

Cost of housing asylum seekers soars to £41,000 per person, study finds: 'Urgent reform needed'

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