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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Dominic McGrath

Thousands of new staff would ‘cut asylum backlog and end hotel and barge use’

PA Wire

Hotels, barges and former military sites would no longer be used to house asylum seekers under a Labour government, the party said as it promised new staff to cut the current claims backlog.

Sir Keir Starmer this week used a visit to The Hague in the Netherlands to push his party’s proposed solution to the small boats crisis as a way of “taking control” of the situation.

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