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Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn - The Story

Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn - The Story

Update: 2025-10-29
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The government has announced plans to move migrants out of hotels and into accommodation on military barracks. The same plan Labour opposed when put forward by the Conservatives in 2023. What’s behind the move and could it work? 


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Guest: Matt Dathan, home affairs editor, The Times. 

Host: Manveen Rana. 

Producer: Micaela Arneson. 

Read more: Asylum seekers to be housed in military sites instead of hotels

Billions ‘squandered on migrant hotels due to incompetence’

Clips: Parliament, BBC, Times Radio, ITV, Getty Images. 

Photo: Getty Images.

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Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn - The Story

Doomed to fail? Labour’s asylum u-turn - The Story