Joe Lepper 05 December 2025

Backlash warning over asylum decentralisation

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Councils fear a backlash from far-right activists if responsibility for housing asylum seekers was moved to them from the Home Office, research has found.

The local authorities' warnings were raised in a report by charity Refugee Action calling for reform of the asylum seeker accommodation system.

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