The Home Office has been urged to reintroduce a pause on asylum hotel evictions after resuming the practice in recent days, leaving refugees out on the streets in subzero temperatures.
In December the Home Office said in a letter seen by the Guardian that it would halt evictions from asylum accommodation for up to three days while severe weather emergency protocol (Swep) was activated by a local authority. Swep is activated when the Met Office forecasts a temperature of below 0C for a minimum of three nights.
