One of the Government's main messages in this recent election period has been a promise to reduce spending on hotel accommodation for newly arrived asylum seekers with the goal of placing 3000 of them in cheaper, alternative places by this autumn.
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Today the Home Office was offering press tours of one such site - a huge barge with enough room for 500 people moored off the Dorset coast.
Emily Wither went on board to have a look and talked to local people who are worried - for different reasons.
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11 сен 2024