The UK government's efforts to clear the asylum backlog have resulted in an increase in homelessness among those granted refugee status. Charities and local councils are facing pressure to accommodate asylum seekers, with 1.2 million people waiting for social housing. Rishi Sunak reneged on a pledge to open a large-scale asylum accommodation site in his constituency, Catterick Barracks, which failed a suitability assessment. The Home Office abandoned the policy of giving refugees 7 days to leave accommodation, leading to hundreds becoming street homeless. However, Sunak mentioned the possibility of using the barracks to house Afghan refugees.
Rishi Sunak says Richmond barracks could be used to house Afghan refugees https://t.co/JbqTHRbyFk
Sunak confirms plans to use Catterick barracks have been ditched. Says assessors concluded the site "isn't right for a large asylum site" but will try to use the barracks to house Afghan refugees. You wonder why that assessment wasn't done before the original announcement... https://t.co/jwiZIf990e
Rishi Sunak U-turns on pledge to house asylum seekers at Catterick Garrison army barracks in his constituency as Home Office says it failed suitability assessment https://t.co/r9UV9ZMcnN https://t.co/tqXY0zeHGI
The @ukhomeoffice has abandoned the policy of giving refugees just 7 days to leave accommodation after receiving their asylum decision. It has led to hundreds of people becoming street homeless in recent months. Another stain on the Government's record. https://t.co/MkjzvyW0OI
Excl: Rishi Sunak reneges on pledge to open large-scale asylum accommodation site in his constituency. In March he said he was "showing leadership" by including Catterick Barracks in Richmond on a list of sites to be repurposed for thousands of migrants: https://t.co/BlRW6dR4r1
π£οΈ βWhere should I go? What should I do?β Charities say the government's promise to clear Britain's asylum backlog is placing huge pressure on local services that have to accommodate them. @NickMartinSKY looks at how clearing the asylum backlog is fuelling the housing crisis π
Our Chair @CllrShaunDavies spoke to @SkyNews about the pressures facing local councils to manage rising homelessness among asylum seekers as government aims to clear backlog. https://t.co/KJ2TwLBatE
There are 1.2m people waiting for social housing across the UK, according to Shelter charity. After the government managed to cut the asylum backlog by tens of thousands, groups have said those granted refugee status have nowhere to go. @NickMartinSKY π https://t.co/aFKrONl9tZ https://t.co/ow10DECVS4
No speech. No workable policy. No humanity. No idea. No 10 drops proposal for end-of-year Sunak speech on immigration https://t.co/zyFBvO6hHp
"These asylum seekers have now got refugee status and they have a right to live somewhere and a lot of them are ending up on the street." @NickMartinSKY talks about his report which shows the increase in homelessness due to the govt clearing the asylum backlog. https://t.co/4M046ZrwBj