'If you're coming here illegally, claiming sanctuary from death, torture or persecution, then you should be willing to share a taxpayer-funded hotel room in central London.' Rishi Sunak said asking migrants to share a hotel room is 'more than fair'
Two more barges will be used to house asylum seekers as part of continued efforts to reduce Channel crossings, Rishi Sunak has announced.
On top of this measure, Mr Sunak said thousands of extra spaces for migrants had been found in hotels by making people share rooms. But Labour stressed this measure is"not new" and has always been part of the system as party leader Sir Keir Starmer compared the announcement to"Groundhog Day". Mr Sunak said:"Before I launched my plan in December, the number entering the UK illegally in small boats had more than quadrupled in two years. Some said this problem was insoluble, or just a fact of 21st century life.
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