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Number of asylum seekers in hotels rises by 8% since June 2024
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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.
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