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Undocumented Migrants: Housing

Asked by Rupert LoweRestore BritainHome OfficeTabled Answered 19 November 2024UIN 13616

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department places limits on the movements of irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers while their claim for asylum is being considered.

Asylum seekers housed in asylum accommodation are not detained but are subject to the same laws as UK citizens throughout their time in this country

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