The government has been accused of “deflecting its failures” with its “unworkable” Rwanda plan rather than reducing asylum backlogs as tens of thousands of asylum seekers continue to languish in hotels.
New data obtained by the Refugee Council reveals that the number of people seeking asylum who are living in hotel accommodation almost trebled last year, surging to 26,380, despite a pledge by the Home Office at the start of 2021 to reduce the numbers.
