Asylum Seeker Hotels: A Statistical Mirage? The latest figures on asylum seekers housed in hotels have been touted as a success story for the Home Office's efforts to close down the contentious accommodation.
With 16,000 fewer individuals living in these facilities compared to last year, this drop is often viewed as a triumph of policy over practice.
However, closer examination reveals that the decrease is likely due to a deliberate shift in government strategy rather than a genuine decrease in demand.