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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Rowena Mason, Ben Quinn and Kevin Rawlinson

Home Office to penalise asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels

A demonstrator shows a St George's cross flag to a group of counter-protesters who are holding a Stand Up To Racism protest outside the Britannia International Hotel in  London
Protestors and counter-protesters demonstrate in London on Friday. Photograph: James Manning/PA

Asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels to new accommodation will have their support withdrawn, the Home Office has said, before more protests at a site in Essex this weekend.

Angela Eagle, a Home Office minister, said the government was working to “close hotels, restore order, and put fairness and value for money at the heart of our asylum system”.

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