Refugees Sleep Rough in Protest of Cramped Hotel

40 asylum seekers refused to enter central London Comfort Inn

The Comfort Inn hotel on Belgrave Road where the Home Office have reportedly asked a group of refugees to be accommodated four to a room in Pimlico, central London, on June 2, 2023. James Manning/PA Wire

A group of asylum seekers have spent two nights sleeping rough in London over cramped hotel conditions, a council leader has claimed.

Adam Hug, who heads up Westminster City Council, says the refugees refuse to enter a Pimlico hotel where the Home Office had asked them to sleep “four people per room.”