Asylum Seekers in London Protest Over "Inhumane" Conditions in Central Hotel

The 25 men, from Iraq, Iran, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Somalia, and Bangladesh, were transferred to the Comfort Inn hotel from Park Hotel in Essex.

However, they claim that the new hotel is overcrowded, with four people being forced to share single rooms, and unsanitary bathrooms.

To highlight their plight, they are sleeping on the street outside the hotel, demanding to be moved to single rooms by the UK Home Office.

The migrants were transferred to the London hotel as part of a government effort to cut costs on migrant housing.

The UK is believed to be spending up to £6 million per day on accommodation for 50,000 asylum seekers who have entered the country via the English Channel on small boats.

Ministers are encouraging the use of shared rooms as a deterrent against people smugglers.

Posters placed around the hotel by the 25 migrants read "This is a prison, not a hotel" and "Homeless by the Home Office." The UK Home Office has stated that the rooms offered to asylum seekers are "of a decent standard and meet all legal and contractual requirements."