Refugees in Home Office hotels will be given twice as long to find new accommodation before eviction

A view of the scene outside the Comfort Inn hotel on Belgrave Road in Pimlico, central London, where the Home Office have reportedly asked a group of refugees to be accommodated four to a room - (PA)

Refugees living in Home Office hotels will be given twice as long to find accommodation before they are evicted, the Independent has learnt.

The Home Office has extended the grace period that an asylum seeker has to transition from supported housing to their own accommodation from 28 to 56 days. The move is a victory for councils and charities who have been pressing the government for the change.