LONDON (Reuters) -More than 32,000 asylum seekers were housed in hotels in Britain at the end of June 2025 with asylum claims hitting a record, official data showed on Thursday, as the housing issue becomes a major headache for Prime Minister Keir Starmer.

Starmer’s government is facing increasing pressure over housing asylum seekers in hotels after a council won a temporary court injunction earlier this week meaning all the migrants living in one hotel had to be removed.

Figures released by the government showed there had been an 8% increase in the number of migrants being housed in hotels in the year ending June 30.

However, the total figure of just over 32,000 was 43% lower than the peak of 56,042 recorded in September 2023, and slightly down compared to the previous quarterly figure

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