Home Office Says New-Builds 'Should Never House Asylum Seekers' After Shropshire Row

Home Office says new-builds 'should never house asylum seekers' after Shropshire row

The plans for Stoke Heath have been met with strong opposition from residents who say the houses should be for locals.

Shabana Mahmood bans asylum seekers from being housed near schools and nurseries

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has introduced new rules banning asylum seekers from being housed in new-build homes or near schools and nurseries.The measures were brought in following a backlash over plans to house more than 80 asylum seekers in £250,000 new-build properties on a housing estate in Stoke Heath, Shropshire.However, the Stoke Heath scheme had already been approved before the new guidance came into force, allowing the plans to proc…

New-build homes should never house asylum seekers, Home Office says

Labour has pledged to stop using asylum hotels by the next election, moving towards housing asylum seekers in the community as well as in former military barracks.

Home Office says new-build homes should never house asylum seekers

Migrants who arrived in the UK after crossing the English Channel in the first half of the year fell sharply compared with the same period in 2025

Asylum seeker family moved to Shropshire village say they are 'desperate' to leave

“We just want to get on with our lives like everybody else”

New-build homes 'should never house asylum seekers', says Home Office

ASYLUM seekers should never be housed in new-build homes, the Home Office has said.