Home Office forced to pause evictions of refugees from hotels at Christmas | Immigration and asylum – The Guardian

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1. It’s a very brief, very shit Christmas miracle. Of sorts…

2. And of course normal government practice meat they had to lie about it

   > “In line with practice every year, asylum seekers will not be asked to leave accommodation over the Christmas period,” said a Home Office spokesperson.
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   > However, sources said the Home Office had acted only after receiving data on homelessness levels and following intense lobbying from councils and charities.
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   > “There were absolutely no reassurances at the start that there would be any pause. It was only after councils and local partners had been asking for it – and sharing data on rough sleeping – that the Home Office came back to say they had approval to pause,” said a source.

3. I bet this has put Legionella Braverman right off her fois gras. She’ll have to go and kick some kittens into the canal to make up for it.