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The number of asylum seekers being held in hotels has trebled to more than 26,000, costing taxpayers 3 million a day, data obtained by the Refugee Council show.

Figures obtained by the charity under Freedom of Information laws show there were 26,380 asylum seekers in temporary hotel accommodation at the end of 2021, up from 9,400 at the start of the year.

The number of hotels being used doubled to 207 in the same period. More than 10,000 of the asylum seekers, including children, had been in their hotels for more than three months. In total, 2,876 spent between six months and a year in hotel accommodation, with 378 staying over 12 months.

Thecost to the taxpayerbeing footed by the Home Office is 3 million a day, on top of some 1.7 million being spent on hotels for 12,000 Afghan refugees evacuated after the Taliban takeover of the country.

Charles Hymas, our Home Affairs Editor, has the latest

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Millions of Britons were right to place their trust in me, insists PM - The Telegraph