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An increasing number of asylum seekers with 'acute needs' are being housed in the county.

People who arrived in the UK seeking asylum were entitled to protection, the charity said

"We are now seeing people with more acute needs who are freshly arrived in the UK with very few possessions," said Martin Simmonds from the charity.It comes after the number of asylum seekers in the UK awaiting an initial decision on their caseLatest Home Office figures show the backlog had risen to 172,758 at the end of March, despite government promises to bring it down.

"We are seeing quite acute needs, people who have been through fresh trauma and have had difficult journeys and experiences.

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