The Home Office is terminating a contract with the Worcestershire site, a council has said.
Wyre Forest District Council said by the end of February the Home Office would not use the hotel to accommodate asylum seekersA Worcestershire hotel housing asylum seekers will not have any staying from next year, a council has said.
The government, which plans to end 50 hotels' contracts by the end of 2023, has said it is "standing up" more appropriate forms of accommodation.According to the council, asylum seekers would no longer be accommodated at Gainsborough House from February, with the authority learning of the move by letter.
The council looked forward to the Home Office "continuing to reduce its reliance on hotels" to house asylum seekers, he added, and that the government would "also be able to release more hotels, including another in Bewdley, in due course". Speaking to BBC Breakfast, immigration minister Robert Jenrick said the government was "standing up cheaper and more appropriate forms of accommodation".
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