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Government policy is leaving destitute migrants on the streets

GOVERNMENT policy is still denying refugees access to housing despite the Tories’ calls to bring in all rough sleepers during the pandemic, a public-law centre told the Morning Star yesterday.

Migrants’ rights groups are calling on the government to ensure that all rough sleepers are provided with accommodation regardless of their immigration status.

The government declared on March 26 that all homeless people would be put up in hotels and temporary housing by that weekend.

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