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The fig of asylum seekers housed successful hotels is 8% higher than astatine the aforesaid constituent past year, the latest authorities figures show.
The latest Home Office information revealed the fig of asylum seekers housed successful hotels stood astatine 32,059 astatine the extremity of June - down somewhat from the 32,345 recorded astatine the extremity of March.
The fig stood astatine 29,585 successful June 2024.
The information released connected Thursday is 43% little than the highest of 56,042, recorded astatine the extremity of September 2023.
Read more: Badenoch urges Tory councils to motorboat ineligible challenges
The numbers are released arsenic councils crossed the UK are considering whether to travel the footsteps of Epping Forest District Council.
The Essex assembly was granted a impermanent injunction connected Tuesday by the High Court to artifact asylum seekers from lodging astatine The Bell Hotel.
Epping Forest Council had argued the hotel's owners did not person readying support to location migrants there.
Reform UK-led councils are looking into doing the same, 2 Labour-run councils said they are considering it, and Kemi Badenoch has encouraged Conservative-led councils to travel Epping's lead.
Tory-run Broxbourne Council announced it is exploring its ineligible options.
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