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150 asylum seeker hotels to be closed by May, Home Office says

Source: PA Wire

Some 150 migrant hotels will have closed by May, the Home Office has said, after new figures showed £4.3 billion of Britain’s overseas aid budget was spent on hosting refugees and asylum seekers last year.

There are now 20,000 fewer people staying in the accommodation than six months ago, down from more than 56,000 at the end of September, the department announced on Wednesday.

The Home Office spent around £8

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