The number of asylum seekers being accommodated in hotels has fallen by half over the past year, according to figures released by the Home Office.
The latest data also shows decreases across several areas of the immigration system, including legal migration arrivals, asylum applications and arrivals by small boat.
The use of hotels to house asylum seekers has been a prominent issue in the wider debate over migration and the capacity of the asylum system. The Home Office figures indicate a substantial reduction in hotel accommodation over the 12-month period covered by the release.
The data also points to a broader fall in migration-related measures. Legal migration arrivals were down, while the number of people claiming asylum also declined. Small boat arrivals, another closely watched measure, also fell according to the same release.
No further detail was provided in the supplied material on the scale of the reductions beyond the halving of hotel use, nor on the reasons behind the changes.
The latest position, based on the Home Office figures, is that hotel use for asylum accommodation is significantly lower than a year earlier, with other migration and asylum indicators also showing declines.
