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UK asylum seekers housing is vermin-infested
Published Tue, Jan 31, 2017 · 09:50 PM
London
INFESTED with vermin, furnished with dirty carpets, broken beds and rotten sofas - some of the accommodation Britain provides to asylum seekers is a "disgrace", lawmakers said on Tuesday.
A report by the Home Affairs Committee revealed a catalogue of problems, including children living in accommodation with infestations of mice, rats or bed bugs, and pregnant women and victims of rape and torture lacking adequate support.
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