Asylum: Hotels
Commons · Question 18555 · 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 seekers were housed in hotels as of 30 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...