Families face constant upheaval in temporary accommodation despite Home Office claims it is planning to stop housing people in hotels

Precariously perched on top of a sea of suitcases, Lidl carrier bags and bulging bin liners is an orange hardback bible, an image of calm amid a chaotic scene of buggies, baby baths and other flimsily bound belongings

It’s moving day at a London hotel used by the Home Office to accommodate asylum seekers and about 50 families – up to 100 people – are due to leave.

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