Govt committed to closing 'all asylum hotels'

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Early Education Minister Stephen Morgan says the government are "committed to closing all asylum hotels by the end of this parliament". It comes ahead of an announcement by Yvette Cooper on Monday which will set out tougher laws regarding refugees bringing family members into the country. Report by Kennedyl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn

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00:00We've been working really hard to restore order to the asylum system and to build fairness and a

00:04balanced approach to asylum. 35,000 people have been deported out of the UK that have no right

00:10to remain in the UK. The number of applications we're processing has gone up by 28 percent. We're

00:16obviously committed to closing all asylum hotels by the end of this parliament too. Yvette Cooper

00:21will set out more details later today but we want to bring balance and fairness to the system for the future.

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