Tyler Durden
Authored by Thomas Brooke via Remix News,
"Homelessness charities said the government’s attempts to clear the asylum backlog have resulted in an influx of foreign nationals sleeping on the streets..."
"Homelessness charity Shelter estimated there were 271,000 people with no fixed abode in England at the start of 2023.
There has been a notable rise in foreign nationals sleeping rough, and the number of non-U.K. nationals living on London’s streets now reportedly exceeds those originating from Britain at 52 percent.
This influx of homeless foreign nationals has been blamed on the U.K. government, which has been accused of amending asylum laws to push people out of taxpayer-funded accommodation more quickly and reduce the substantial asylum backlog in the country.
Taxpayers have been paying more than £6 million per day to house those awaiting asylum decisions, many of whom are living in hotels across the country. A change in the law back in August meant that those granted asylum were only required to receive seven days’ notice to find alternative accommodation following the completion of the process, as opposed to 28 days.
Charities claim this has led to a large number of evictions, with classified refugees being forced to sleep rough while they find a new place to live.
'Winter is coming. We need to take immediate action to protect people facing sleeping on the streets and long-term action to reverse this worrying trend in rising rough sleeping,' said Nick Redmore, director of The Salvation Army’s Homelessness Services in response to the new data.