Use of UK hotels for asylum seekers trebles despite Home Office promise

Asylum seekers exit the Crowne Plaza hotel through an exterior perimeter wall that has been installed while they stay at the hotel on 24 February 2021. Photograph: Chris J Ratcliffe/Getty Images

The use of hotel accommodation for people seeking asylum almost trebled in 2021 despite pledges from the Home Office to end its use.

By the end of last year 26,380 asylum seekers were living in temporary hotel accommodation according to a report from the Refugee Council entitled: Lives on Hold: The Experiences of People in Hotel Asylum Accommodation.