Afghan refugees in UK told to find new homes on Rightmove

Home Office urges Afghans who fled Taliban a year ago to look for accommodation in private sector

Thousands of Afghan refugees who have been living in UK hotels since the Taliban takeover of their country a year ago have been told by the Home Office to look for new accommodation on Rightmove or Zoopla.

On the first anniversary of the fall of Kabul, the government is still providing hotel accommodation to 9,500 Afghans who sought refuge in the UK, with only 7,000 having been rehoused.