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Rough sleeping in London up 33% in a year: ‘This is a national scandal’

A total of 4,118 people were spotted sleeping rough on London’s streets between January and March. Frontline charities say politicians must make tackling homelessness a priority in upcoming mayoral and general elections to halt ‘national scandal’

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Omer

I spent 40 days homeless sleeping behind Tesco while seeking asylum. Here’s what the system taught me

Omer slept rough behind a Tesco after being evicted from asylum accommodation. In his own words, he recounts the kindness shown to him by locals and the toll of the asylum system

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Immigration

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see

The Home Office has been accused of ‘burying’ 13 long-unpublished reports on the state of the asylum and borders system. We picked out the uncomfortable details

Refugee Homelessness Crisis

Rough sleeping in London up 33% in a year: ‘This is a national scandal’

I spent 40 days homeless sleeping behind Tesco while seeking asylum. Here’s what the system taught me

Every damning detail from ex-border inspector’s reports the Home Office didn’t want you to see

UK government refuses Sadiq Khan plea for £20m to protect refugees from freezing weather

Outrage as Home Office tells 400 asylum seekers to leave hotel at week’s notice

Landlords urged to give up spare rooms to host refugees made homeless by Home Office

Vulnerable sex-trafficking survivor evicted into below-zero temperatures by Home Office

Home Office policy has led to a surge in refugee homelessness, academics say

‘The trauma is absolutely huge’: Refugee homelessness crisis grips Sheffield

This is what ‘clearing’ UK asylum backlog looks like: Homeless refugees in the cold needing help

‘Irreversible harm’ done as Home Office resumes forcing refugees onto streets after Christmas pause

Thousands of refugees left destitute as Rishi Sunak boasts of clearing asylum backlog

Homeless refugee rushed to A&E after being found freezing on doorstep: ‘It’s getting worse’

Home Office plan to clear asylum backlog is making refugees homeless, minister admits

Homeless refugees in Leeds skyrocket due to Home Office evictions: ‘It’s a humanitarian emergency’

Home Office’s asylum accommodation policy ‘creates problems’, admits Michael Gove

Sadiq Khan calls on Home Office to save lives and immediately pause asylum evictions

Number of homeless refugees in Cardiff doubles amid surge in Home Office asylum evictions

Home Office’s screeching halt on new refugee eviction policy, explained

Home Office to halt asylum evictions amid soaring refugee homelessness crisis

Tory MP challenges Home Office over thousands of refugees facing homelessness by Christmas

Protesters demand end of refugees being made homeless ahead of Christmas: ‘We’re failing people’

How you can help homeless refugees sleeping on the streets this winter

Manchester mayor Andy Burnham blasts Tories over ‘arrogant’ and ‘dishonest’ treatment of refugees

Refugee wonders if it would be better to ‘stay in Yemen and die’ than go through UK asylum system