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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Sammy Gecsoyler and Diane Taylor

Charities warn of refugee homelessness crisis in England this winter

A person sleeping rough in a doorway.
A person sleeping rough in a doorway. Photograph: Yui Mok/PA

Makeshift refugee “camps” are likely to spring up across England this winter as an unprecedented number of those newly granted the right to remain are sleeping rough after speeded-up Home Office evictions, charities have warned.

In July, newly recognised refugees and survivors of trafficking had the number of days they had to find a new place to live after receiving a “notice to quit” before being evicted from Home Office accommodation cut from 28 days to seven after their claim was approved.

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