Thousands of single male asylum seekers across the country are to be told to share hotel rooms in a push by Rishi Sunak’s government to bring down costs and act as a deterrent to those arriving in small boats.
The decision comes amid a major row over a group of asylum seekers who staged a protest after being forced to give up single rooms at a hotel in Pimlico in central London. The group apparently refused to stay at the Comfort Inn after the Home Office had asked them to sleep “four people per room”.
