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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Diane Taylor

Companies providing housing for UK asylum seekers make £113m profit

People housed at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, which is managed by Clearsprings Ready Homes.
People housed at Napier Barracks in Folkestone, Kent, which is managed by Clearsprings Ready Homes. Photograph: Gareth Fuller/PA

Two private companies supplying accommodation for asylum seekers to the Home Office have made a record combined profit of more than £113m, according to their most recently published accounts.

The disclosures have emerged as the Home Office is expected to announce a reduction in the number of hotels being used to accommodate asylum seekers.

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