'It was never meant to be permanent': Canada to stop funding hotel rooms for asylum seekers, spent $1.1 billion since 2020
Saturday, 26 July 2025 Canada will discontinue funding hotel accommodations for asylum seekers after September, having spent $1.1 billion since 2020. Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada will help the remaining 485 individuals find long-term housing before the deadline. This measure, initiated in 2018 due to a surge in asylum claims, was intended as a temporary solution.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper has defended Labour's record on returning asylum seekers and criticised Reform UK for ''continuously attacking'' the police. It comes as the Chief Constable of Essex Police has denied that officers drove counter-protesters to a demonstration outside a hotel housing asylum...
Schools Minister Catherine McKinnell promises the government are “committed” to closing asylum hotels after the High Court ruled in favour of removing around 140 asylum seekers from a hotel in..
Home Office Minister Dan Jarvis agrees with a High Court ruling to grant a temporary injunction to Epping Forest District Council to remove asylum seekers from The Bell Hotel in Essex, arguing “we..
The government has promised to “carefully consider” a High Court decision to remove all asylum seekers from a hotel in Epping. Treasury Minister Torsten Bell said, “we inherited a completely..
Saturday, 26 July 2025
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