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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Mark Townsend and Aaron Walawalkar

Thousands of Afghan refugees in UK set to be made homeless

Children evacuated from Afghanistan disembark from an RAF plane at Brize Norton in August 2021.
Children evacuated from Afghanistan disembark from an RAF plane at Brize Norton in August 2021. Photograph: Justin Tallis/AFP/Getty Images

Thousands of Afghan refugees in the UK face homelessness this summer, the government was warned last week at a secret crisis meeting in Downing Street.

Council officials told No 10 and Home Office civil servants that about 8,000 Afghan refugees, allowed into the country in 2021 under the slogan Operation Warm Welcome, are due to be evicted from hotels as early as August because of a government deadline, yet have nowhere to go.

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