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Asylum: Hotels

Commons · Question 18554 · Tabled 9 Dec 2024 · Home Office · Official record

Answered 17 Dec 2024

Question

Asked by Wendy Morton

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, how many asylum hotels were opened in (a) July, (b) August, (c) September, (d) October and (e) November 2024.

Answer

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 17 Dec 2024

This Government inherited an asylum system under unprecedented strain, with thousands stuck in a backlog without their claims being processed.The Home Secretary took immediate action by restarting asylum processing and scrapping the unworkable Rwanda poli...