Asylum seekers housed in UK hotels to have allowance cut to £1.25 a day
The government has announced that the allowance for thousands of asylum seekers who are compelled to stay in hotels in the UK while their claims are being processed would be reduced to just £1.25 per day.
Refugee NGOs have deemed the move to reduce support payments for individuals staying in hotels from £9.58 to £8.86 per week in the new year “unfathomable.”
The Home Office discreetly released a statutory instrument, a type of legislation, last week that revealed the change.
“Remaining here is unbearable”: the reality of hotels accommodating asylum seekers
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Conservative backbenchers are becoming increasingly incensed over the £8 million per day that the government is paying for the housing of asylum seekers.
The government has announced that the allowance for thousands of asylum seekers who are compelled to stay in hotels in the UK while their claims are being processed would be reduced to just £1.25 per day.
Refugee NGOs have deemed the move to reduce support payments for individuals staying in hotels from £9.58 to £8.86 per week in the new year “unfathomable.”
The Home Office discreetly released a statutory instrument, a type of legislation, last week that revealed the change.
“Remaining here is unbearable”: the reality of hotels accommodating asylum seekers
Conservative backbenchers are becoming increasingly incensed over the £8 million per day that the government is paying for the housing of asylum seekers.
