Home Office backs down on plan for asylum seekers to sleep four to a room

Move follows protest by refugees who had been told they would be sharing small London hotel rooms UK politics live - latest updates The Home Office has backed down on plans for asylum seekers to sleep four to a small room in a central London hotel after protests by 40 refugees last week. The rooms in the hotel in Pimlico, Westminster are small and asylum seekers had previously been sharing two to a room. The Home Office said it wanted to increase the number of asylum seekers sharing one room to ...