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Undocumented Migrants: Hotels

Asked by Lee AndersonReform UKHome OfficeTabled Answered 4 September 2025UIN 70950

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, if she will make it her policy to prevent irregular migrants who are living in hotels from being able to go out into the community freely.

Answered by Dame Angela Eagle

Asylum seekers living in asylum accommodation are not detained and are free to come and go from their accommodation as they wish.

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