Thousands Refugees Could face Homeless This winter reverse a policy after home office Give migrants more time to find housing Before they are expelled from the hotel.
The shelter seekers are kept in hotels across the country, while they wait for their claims to be processed, but when they receive a successful refugee grant – they enable them to live and work in the UK – they are evicted.
In December last year, Labor extended the time that people had worrying before the councils and after donations from 28 days to 56 days. Thousands of refugees were becoming homeless. However, the ministers have now reversed the decision, warned with charities that they will face the bounce of homeless refugees.
Alex Fraser, director of the British Red Cross of refugee services, said: “Lowering the ‘move-on’ period will increase the level of homeless and destruction for people and put additional pressure on local authorities.
“Numbers do not add. It takes about 35 days to obtain universal credit. Local authorities need 56 days to work with homes at risk of being homeless. People do not have enough time to give only 28 days to find work, housing or support.
“By making people disappointing, the taxpayer spends more money and there is crisis and difficulty. We urge the government to review this decision.”
There were councils Requests are growing rapidly by requests for emergency housing assistance from homeless refugees During 2024, shared with data Independent Shown.
Since June 2025, more than 32,000 asylum seems to live in a hotel.
CEO Steve Smith, CEO of Care4calais, said: “The duration of the 56-day period did not solve everything, but it kept refugees, who have been protected at the same statutory position as every other citizen in Britain.
“It is not bad for new refugees by cutting a period of 28-day back 28-day, it is bad for our communities and extremely bad for councils who are raising tabs to be homeless.
“Sadly, this regressive step is keeping in mind the daily attack of policies, which are aimed at making life difficult for people seeking sanctuaries in this country, not to fix the horrific problems with the Britain’s broken refuge system.”
A government spokesperson said: “The government has inherited a broken shelter and immigration system. We are taking practical steps to divert that chaos-doubling the decision of asylum to clean the backlog left by the previous government, and reduce the number of people in 6,000 hotels in the first half of 2025.
“We continue to work with local councils, NGOs and other stakeholders to ensure that any necessary assistance is provided to those who are given refugee status.”
