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Why Are There So Many Asylum Seekers In Hotels?

Why Are There So Many Asylum Seekers In Hotels?

Update: 2025-08-21
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A record 111,000 people claimed asylum in the UK during Keir Starmer's first year in office - and the number in hotels rose by 8%. How did we get here and what is Britain's moral responsibility to migrants?


Hugo Rifkind unpacks the politics of the day with Manveen Rana and Matthew Parris.


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Why Are There So Many Asylum Seekers In Hotels?

Why Are There So Many Asylum Seekers In Hotels?