Only about a third of councils have volunteered to house families recently evacuated from Afghanistan
- A tale of two towns: Rochdale and Braintree expose UK’s uneven asylum system
There are eight times as many refugees and asylum seekers living in Labour-run parts of Britain as in Conservative areas, analysis by the Guardian has shown, amid growing pressure on ministers to fix the “completely immoral” dispersal system.
The government has urged all local authorities to come forward to offer homes to the thousands of families recently evacuated from Afghanistan, but only about a third of councils have volunteered so far.
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