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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Politics
Aine Fox

Asylum hotel numbers up 8% on last year under Labour, Home Office figures show

The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data.

The figures come just days after a court ruled that more than 100 asylum seekers currently staying at a hotel in Essex should be removed from the accommodation after a council brought a legal case.

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