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UK to stop housing asylum seekers in 50 hotels by early next year

Some officials are aboard the Bibby Stockholm barge at Portland, near Poole, Britain, on 7th August, 2023.

London, UKReuters Britain on Tuesday said it will stop using 50 of the hotels in which it houses asylum seekers and instead rely on cheaper forms of accommodation as part of plans to deter people arriving on the south coast of England in small boats. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has made stopping people arriving on […]

UK says 200 asylum-seeking children missing, some aged under 16

UK Manston asylum seeker protests

London, UK Reuters Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, raising new questions over ministers’ handling of migrant arrivals. Prime Minister Rishi Sunak’s government is under pressure on two fronts over immigration: from those who say he is failing to […]