Undocumented Migrants: Housing

(asked on 11th November 2024) - View Source

Question to the Home Office:

To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether her Department places limits on the movements of irregular migrants housed in (a) hotels and (b) other accommodation.


Answered by
Angela Eagle Portrait
Angela Eagle
Minister of State (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs)
This question was answered on 19th November 2024

The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide support and accommodation to destitute asylum seekers while their claim for asylum is being considered.

Asylum seekers housed in asylum accommodation are not detained but are subject to the same laws as UK citizens throughout their time in this country

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