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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
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Josh Salisbury

Asylum seekers left to ‘sleep on street’ in Whitechapel

Up to 30 asylum seekers were allegedly left to sleep on the street in Whitechapel on Wednesday evening after refusing “unsuitable” accommodation from the Home Office.

The group were brought to the hostel in Whitechapel at 9pm, when some were allegedly told they needed to share single rooms with four people, without beds or bedding, according to a charity worker at the scene.

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