Asylum Sites Expanded to End Hotel Use

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Asylum sites to be expanded as ministers bid to end hotel use

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Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged to stop using taxpayer-funded hotels by 2029 .

She said this would save 1bn by moving asylum seekers from hotels into alternative accommodation.

Wethersfield air base in Essex and Huddersfield are among those under consideration for extensions.

Human rights groups say the move is likely to anger residents and refugee rights groups.

A senior Home Office source said they were "confident" they could save the required money, but acknowledged that failing to hit the target would force the department to ask Reeves for more funding to avoid having to make cuts elsewhere. The number of asylum seekers in hotels is far lower than the record figure in 2023 , but has increased since Labour came to power last year . The latest statistics go up to March and therefore don't take into account the knock-on effect of increased small boat crossings in the months since..

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