Government plan to end use of asylum hotels ‘won’t be achieved’ – inspector

The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration David Bolt was quizzed by the Justice and Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday (Parliament TV/PA) -

The UK’s borders watchdog has said he does not think the Government’s plan to end the use of asylum hotels by the next election will be achieved.

David Bolt told a committee of peers that there is not enough housing stock to deal with the number of people in the asylum system, as he also questioned the “ability to smash the gangs”.