About 40 asylum seekers were offered space in a Pimlico hotel but refused to stay there due to the conditions.
At a glanceThey arrived at their hotel accommodation on Wednesday but refused to stay there due to the conditionsHe says the state of the accommodation "defies common sense and basic decency"Dozens of asylum seekers were "left on the street" following a dispute over temporary hotel accommodation, Westminster Council said.
A Home Office spokesperson said accommodation was offered on a "no-choice basis" and "meets all legal and contractual requirements".Some asylum seekers remained camped outside the Comfort Inn in Pimlico on Friday Mr Hug said the council received no communication ahead of the transport of the asylum seekers into the borough and that what had happened "defies common sense and basic decency".
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