Asylum: Hotels
Commons · Question 27113 · Tabled 29 Jan 2025 · Home Office · Official record
Answered 3 Feb 2025
Question
Asked by Gregory Campbell
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, what estimate she has made of how many hotels will be required as temporary accommodation for people seeking asylum in Northern Ireland by the end of 2025.
Answer
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle, 3 Feb 2025
This Government inherited an asylum system under exceptional strain. We took immediate action to resolve that chaos by restarting asylum processing, establishing the new Border Security Command to tackle the people-smuggling gangs, cracking down on illega...