Some asylum seekers have been banned from accommodation
in north-east England because of “social cohesion issues” and far-right
activity, a move lawyers have described as “discriminatory”. Details of the ban
emerged in a note from the Home Office to an asylum seeker’s solicitor, in
which the department said that it had an agreement with local authorities in
that region not to house any “foreign nationals with known criminality”.
However, sources close to Home Office contractors providing asylum
accommodation in the region said that some councils refused their requests to
house any asylum seekers because of local far-right activity. Read more on the
Guardian website.
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*Siân Berry MP *responds to the news that landlords claim they are being
pushed out of the market. Plus a letter from *Benjamin McKechnie*
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