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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
National
Mark Townsend

Shared rooms, rancid food, no clothes: new report lays bare shocking conditions of those seeking refuge in UK

What appears to be an attic room in a hotel with faded carpet and exposed rafters, with several beds close together, partitioned off, draped with towels and other clothing
Beds in a room at an asylum hotel: some people live in rooms with 10 strangers. Photograph: Handout

Asylum seekers have been forced to live for a year in windowless rooms smaller than prison cells, served food so dire it is blamed for causing diabetes, and have spent days in their underwear because they only have one change of clothes.

These are the shocking conditions laid bare this weekend in a comprehensive report from the charity Migrant Voice, which took testimony from 170 asylum seekers staying in London hotels that are supposed to serve as short-term accommodation.

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