Homelessness fears as Afghan refugees to be moved from hotels to houses
The IndependentGet the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our privacy policy A refugee charity is “deeply concerned” about reports that thousands of Afghans could be forced out of hotels under government plans set to be announced on Tuesday. “This is not how those who were promised a warm welcome in the UK should be treated.” He added: "Hotels are not the right place for refugees to live but the fact that thousands of Afghans have been left in them for months on end is a consequence of government mismanagement and a failure to work successfully in partnership with local councils and other agencies to find suitable housing.” "To expect councils to suddenly move them out of hotels by putting pressure of Afghan families risks causing great misery and anxiety for those who have already experienced trauma and upheaval." Thousands of Afghan refugees, many of whom risked their lives working for the UK, arrived here following the Taliban takeover of their country. Figures provided to the Commons Home Affairs Committee last year showed that £5.6 million a day was being spent on hotels for people who have arrived in the UK and have submitted an asylum claim, with £1.2 million paid to house Afghan refugees who fled the country after the fall of Kabul.