Thousands of refugees in England and Wales ‘face homeless Christmas’

Government push to clear asylum backlog is not giving people granted refugee status enough time to find new home, say councils

Tens of thousands of refugees are at risk of sleeping rough this Christmas after a Home Office drive to hit Rishi Sunak's asylum case target, the umbrella body for local councils has said.

The Local Government Association said councils across England and Wales were facing a perfect storm" as the government worked to clear 92,327 asylum cases by the end of the year.