Undocumented Migrants: Housing
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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