International Protection Accommodation Services (IPAS)

Receivers appointed to Ibis Red Cow hotel by Propiteer, a business founded by Colin Sandy

More than 11,000 are in emergency accommodation such as hotels, B&Bs and guesthouses

New arrivals down 40 per cent since mid-November and 48 per cent since the start of 2023

Residents have been formally told by International Protection Accommodation Services their rooms will revert to catering for tourists at the end of March

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All accommodation capacity within the International Protection Accommodation Service system is being used

More than 5,000 international protection applicants arrived with fake or no documents between January and November 2022

Ministers to discuss ongoing humanitarian response to war in Ukraine as Government examines ‘all options’ to tackle accommodation crisis

National shortage of accommodation to result in the Citywest hub being closed to new adult international protection applicants for longer periods

Briefing documents show current accommodation system is 'unsustainable'

Councillors getting ‘earfuls’ from locals whose goodwill towards refugees has started to disappear

South African family say decision to transfer them across country at short notice ‘irrational’ and a breach of rights

A total of 109 complaints were received by government body Ipas in the first eight months of this year