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UK to Relocate Asylum Seekers from Hotels to Barracks
10/27/2025
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Story summary
- The UK Government aims to end asylum hotel use by 2029, shifting asylum seekers to military barracks.
- Asylum seekers at the Thistle Barbican Hotel in London face relocation with some receiving only a few days' notice.
- The Refugee Council criticizes the move to military barracks as isolating asylum seekers.
- Authorities are under pressure to prevent recurrence after the accidental release of Hadush Kebatu, a convicted sex offender.
