Asylum seekers refusing to leave hotels risk homelessness

Single adult male asylum seekers who refuse to move out of hotels into “suitable alternative accommodation” will risk becoming homeless, the Home Office has said.

The government – which is legally obligated to house destitute asylum seekers – says its new “Failure to Travel” guidance would establish “clear consequences for those who game the system”.

According to Home Office sources, hundreds of migrants are refusing to be transferred from hotels to other forms of accommodation every week.

It comes as the government is coming under pressure to reduce the number of hotels being used for asylum accommodation.

The past week has seen a series of…