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Immigration advice centres and solicitors ‘fearful’ of going to work

Immigration advice staff and solicitors have said they are “fearful” about going to work amid “one of the worst” periods of violent disorder of the last decade. Police are aware of six potential events on Tuesday and officers are anticipating a busy ...

06 Aug 2024 at 18:51

Fact check: Hotel accommodation for asylum seekers aims to be temporary measure

Labour’s Jonathan Ashworth claimed on the BBC’s Newsnight programme on June 24 that asylum seekers come to the UK and stay in hotels for “the rest of their lives”. Evaluation Many asylum seekers in the UK are accommodated in hotels because of the ...

26 Jun 2024 at 17:01

Government promises asylum appeals overhaul as hotel protests continue

A new fast-track asylum appeals process will be introduced to speed up the process of removing people with no right to be in the UK, Yvette Cooper has promised, amid protests about the use of hotel accommodation for migrants. The Home Secretary ...

24 Aug 2025 at 09:04

Asylum hotel protests continue as Cooper sets out plan to clear appeals backlog

Protests continued over the use of hotels to house asylum seekers as the Government set out plans for a fast-track appeals process to speed up the removal of people with no right to be in the UK. A group of protesters, some draped in the St ...

24 Aug 2025 at 19:32

Asylum hotel numbers up 8% on last year under Labour, Home Office figures show

The number of asylum seekers being housed temporarily in UK hotels has risen by 8% under Labour on the same point last year, according to newly published data. The figures come just days after a court ruled that more than 100 asylum ...

21 Aug 2025 at 13:41

Government could close asylum hotels next year with ‘one-off scheme’ – charity

The Government could close asylum hotels next year by allowing people from certain countries likely to be recognised as refugees temporary permission to stay under a “one-off scheme”, analysis by the Refugee Council has suggested. ...

28 Aug 2025 at 00:01

Clashes as asylum protests take place across the UK

Police and protesters have scuffled as demonstrations against hotels housing asylum seekers took place across the UK. Demonstrations under the Abolish Asylum System slogan were being held in major towns and cities around England, ...

23 Aug 2025 at 20:28

Protests and counter protests to be held outside asylum hotels across UK

A number of protests and counter protests outside hotels housing asylum seekers will take place across the UK on Saturday. Demonstrations under the Abolish Asylum System slogan will be held in major towns and cities around ...

23 Aug 2025 at 00:24

Pressure mounts on Starmer over small boat migrants and asylum hotels

Sir Keir Starmer faces mounting pressure over the small boats crisis after protests continued outside asylum hotels and a poll suggested voters thought he was failing to grip the problem. The Prime Minister and his ...

25 Aug 2025 at 10:57

Attack on asylum hotel ‘absolutely despicable’, says Swinney

Scotland’s First Minister has branded an attack on an asylum hotel in Falkirk as “despicable”. The campaign group Stand Up to Racism claimed a brick was thrown through the window of the Cladhan Hotel on Monday ...

10 Sept 2025 at 15:31

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Tories demand closure of asylum hotels in Scotland ‘as soon as possible’

The use of hotels to house asylum seekers in Scotland should be ended “as soon as possible”, the Conservatives have insisted, as they accused John Swinney of being “in denial” on the issue. The Tories are to ...

09 Sept 2025 at 16:01

Asylum seeker hotel resident jailed for 12 months for sexual assault of girl, 14

An asylum seeker hotel resident who sparked nationwide protests after sexually assaulting a woman and a 14-year-old girl faces deportation after being jailed for 12 months. Ethiopian national Hadush ...

23 Sept 2025 at 13:40

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