Home Office to resume evicting some asylum seekers ‘with immediate effect’

Charities and human rights campaigners say restarting evictions during pandemic is inhumane' and could cause rise in Covid cases

The Home Office is starting the process of evicting some asylum seekers from their accommodation with immediate effect" after a pause of almost a year because of the pandemic, according to internal documents seen by the Guardian.

Charities and human rights campaigners have condemned the decision as inhumane and warned that it could lead to a rise in people sleeping rough and sofa surfing, and, as a consequence, an increase in coronavirus cases.