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Issue 1657

56,042 - Asylum seekers being housed in hotels in September 2023, when Chris Philp (who recently said 'Labour thought they could dump immigrants into communities') was a Home Office minister

32,059 - Asylum seekers being housed in hotels in June 2025, the most recent month for which data is available

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