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No easy answers to refugee housing conundrum

Ending the use of bridging hotels for Afghan refugees will not resolve accommodation issues any time soon, warns Natalie Brahma-Pearl.

There are more than 21,000 Afghan refugees who have been resettled in the UK, most as part of the military evacuation in August 2021 following the seizure of power by the Taliban.

Just under 10,000 Afghan refugees have been living in hotels, of which around a half are children. This is calculated to cost £1m a day. This week we are due to see the end of Afghan bridging hotels. 

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