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Prime Minister Keir Starmers plan to close government-funded hotels for asylum seekers is underway, with hundreds moved to army barracks. The Home Office reports a decrease from four hundred to one hundred eighty-five hotels, housing around thirty thousand people. Seventy thousand asylum seekers reside in other accommodations, with the government covering housing costs. Recent closures include Banbury House in Oxfordshire and Marine Court in Bangor, among others. Protests have escalated, with violence in Rotherham last August. Immigration Minister Alex Norris criticizes hotels as a short-term, costly solution, while opposition figures argue numbers have increased in apartments needed by young buyers. Refugee advocates push for quicker approvals from safe countries to clear hotels, but closures continue as Labour prepares for local elections.

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