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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
David Maddox

Asylum seekers to lose housing and support if they refuse to move out of hotels

Asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels into new accommodation will have financial and housing support removed from them, the government has warned.

The new crackdown has been ordered by Keir Starmer’s government as it attempts to demonstrate it is taking action amid fears of a repeat of last year’s summer riots, with violence already seen in Epping in Essex after the far right fuelled protests at an asylum hotel.

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