
A protest outside a hotel in east London where hundreds of asylum seekers were given just days’ notice of their eviction
The eviction forms part of the Home Office’s drive to end the housing of asylum seekers in hotels, a policy that has led to a huge surge in homelessness.
One woman from Iran told us she has been “full of stress and anxiety” since finding out about the eviction. Ava* arrived at the hotel in January 2023 with her one-year-old daughter and husband.
Ava and her family fled Iran after her husband converted to Christianity. She told openDemocracy being evicted with no information about where she was being taken had made her relive the ordeal of leaving her home…
Source: Protest held after Home Office evicts asylum seekers from Walthamstow hotel | openDemocracy








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