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Asylum seekers to lose key benefit

The Home Office is to strip 20,000 asylum seekers of their weekly benefits unless they agree to live in government-approved accommodation.

People who elect to live with friends or relatives will no longer be allowed to claim the £36.54 payment.

Published: Mon, 25 Feb 2002 00:00:00 GMT+00

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