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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Anahita Hossein-Pour

Home Office has chance to end ‘failed’ asylum accommodation system, MPs say

The Government has promised to end the housing of asylum seekers in hotels by 2029 (PA) - (PA Wire)

Ministers must set out a clear strategy of how to reduce the use of asylum hotels and have a chance to end the “current failed, chaotic and expensive” system that has wasted taxpayers’ money, a committee of MPs said.

The Government has promised to end the housing of asylum seekers in hotels by 2029 amid mounting pressure over rising costs and a backlash in local communities.

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