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Asylum seekers in hotels rises 8% under Labour | Sky News analysis and reaction
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4:08Now PlayingA total of 32,059 asylum seekers were being housed temporarily in UK hotels at the end of Labour's first year in government, Home Office data shows.
This is down very slightly on 32,345 who were in British hotels at the end of March.
However, today's figure is an 8% rise on the same point 12 months ago, just before Labour took office in July 2024.
As a reminder, Labour has pledged to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029.
In her Spending Review in June, Chancellor Rachel Reeves pledged £200m to "cut the asylum backlog, hear more appeal cases and return people who have no right to be here".
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