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Asylum seekers could be moved from migrant hotels into pop-up buildings with plans to be announced “within weeks”, a minister has said as the government scrambles to get a grip on the asylum accommodation crisis.
Pop-up buildings have previously been used to tackle prison overcrowding, with rooms including en-suite bathrooms, a bed, desk and televisions set up in prison grounds.
Now housing secretary Steve Reed has said the government is looking at “modular” forms of building to ensure new sites can go up quickly, as part o
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