Refugees and Resettlement

8+ hour, 19+ min ago   (339+ words) Potter’s International Hotel in Aldershot is set to stop housing asylum seekers by the end of this year, Labour MP Alex Baker has announced. The hotel has been the focus of protests over its use as asylum accommodation, including disorder…...

13+ hour, 48+ min ago   (518+ words) The future of asylum seekers at Rochford’s Skylark Hotel is uncertain after the Home Office confirmed it will stop using the site to house them by Christmas. The announcement from Rochford and Southend East MP Bayo Alaba has prompted questions…...

1+ day, 2+ hour ago   (393+ words) It has been reported that it will shut "before Christmas" An asylum seeker hotel in Essex has been confirmed to be closing just days after another closure was announced. Bayo Alaba MP has said that the Skylark Hotel in Rochford…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (410+ words) A charity which supports migrants in Dudley says it has no say in who comes to the UK after pressure from council leaders. The Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC) has drop-in centres around the West Midlands, including in the Trident…...

1+ day, 9+ hour ago   (443+ words) Asylum accommodation at the Royal Beach Hotel will end in December A Southsea hotel will stop housing asylum seekers, as the government moves to end the “use of asylum hotels entirely”. Asylum accommodation at Southsea’s Royal Beach Hotel is set…...

1+ day, 22+ hour ago   (246+ words) Asylum seekers who have lived in a south Essex hotel for years will be moved out by Christmas. The Skylark Hotel in Rochford is one of several Essex hotels housing asylum seekers, including families whose children attend local schools. Bayo…...

2+ day, 1+ hour ago   (455+ words) A charity which supports migrants in Dudley says it has no say in who comes to the UK after pressure from council leaders. The Refugee and Migrant Centre (RMC) has drop-in centres around the West Midlands, including in Birmingham. Dudley…...

1+ mon, 2+ day ago   (505+ words) Hopeful thinking at Labour conference MARTIN GEORGE, DEPUTY EDITOR 03 September 2026 By Elliot Topham and Caitlin Webb The Reform UK administration at Lancashire CC has decided to end its coordinating role for the refugee resettlement scheme ahead of local government reorganisation....

3+ day, 21+ hour ago   (297+ words) A second Sussex hotel will stop being used to house asylum seekers, it has been announced. The George Hotel in Crawley, currently known as the Ramada Crawley Gatwick, will end its contract with the Home Office in December, following a…...

4+ day, 7+ min ago   (403+ words) A hotel in Southsea will no longer be used to house asylum seekers as part of the government’s plan to phase out the use of hotels for asylum accommodation. The Home Office confirmed that the Royal Beach Hotel will stop…...