Housing refugee children in hotels: "Immoral, unworkable and unlawful"

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Responding to the ruling by the High Court that the government's routine holding of children in squalid hotels is unlawful, Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesperson Alistair Carmichael said:

"Yet again, Home Office policy under the Conservatives is immoral, unworkable - and unlawful too, as the High Court has just ruled.

"This confirms what we have been saying for months - that housing asylum seeking children in squalid hotels is totally unacceptable. 

"It's high time for the Home Secretary to finally commit to ending the use of these hotels immediately.  Sadly, this Conservative government has decided that their anti-refugee rhetoric is more important than safeguarding children from exploitation.

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As reported by the BBC here