Westminster City Council will need to find homes for 600 Afghan refugees and currently only one family has been housed in the borough
"The accommodation is not enough for families of seven or eight people," she said.
"There are lots of NGO [non-governmental organisations] charities in London, but if we move to other areas we do not know who will help us."So far a joint effort led by the Home Office alongside Westminster City Council has moved 260 refugees, including 134 children, to 15 hotels across the UK. The Home Office is set to layout a formal policy to deal with refugees rejecting offers of homes soon.
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