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Refugee hotels are ‘human warehouses’ and ‘far-right thug magnets,’ campaigners warn
A view of the scene outside the Comfort Inn hotel on Belgrave Road in Pimlico, central London, where the Home Office had reportedly asked a group of refugees to be accommodated four to a room, June 2, 2023

ASYLUM-seekers suffer overcrowding, hunger, restricted movement, room inspections and attacks by racist groups as they live in “human warehouses,” campaigners have warned.

Myths that asylum-seekers are enjoying a luxurious lifestyle in comfortable hotels have been dispelled by campaign group Refugee Action which instead described the sites as “far-right thug magnets” with people living in squalor, appalling food and increasing mental illness among occupants.

In longer-term accommodation, the group found collapsed ceilings, mould, infestations and sewage leaks.

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