Half of asylum seekers in Bristol are children as extra help for hotel residents pledged

Half of asylum seekers in Bristol are children as extra help for hotel residents pledged

Half of the over 1,000 people in Bristol seeking asylum are children with the majority living in three hotels. Councillors praised the diversity of the city and pledged to provide extra support to asylum seekers living in Bristol despite the rising rhetoric against immigration across the UK.

The total number of asylum seekers in Bristol is around a third of a size of one school year in the city. A leading councillor said this was an important context to show the scale of how many people are staying here, particularly given the proliferating headlines and protests about asylum hotels.

While other councils are trying to get an injunction blocking the Home Office from using hotels in their area, Brist