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Figures reveal huge cost of housing asylum seekers in UK
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June 8, 2025
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2:35Now PlayingNew figures have revealed the scale of spending from the foreign aid budget, being used to house asylum seekers in the UK.
£2.2bn will be spent this year, mostly on accommodation costs.
Although the number of asylum seekers in hotels has fallen, it remains over 30,000.
Sky's Dan Whitehead reports.
#Starner #Politics #Asylumseekers #Asylum #hotels
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