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Afghan refugee families who fled the Taliban for a new life in the UK are being forced to move 200 miles from London to Yorkshire.
A shortage of accommodation means the group of 40 families, including 150 children, need to be resettled in a different part of the country by Tuesday.
They have been living at taxpayers’ expense in a four-star hotel in Kensington, west London, for more than a year and have been told they must move to the cheaper three-star Mercure Hotel in Wetherby, near Leeds.
Yesterday some of the refugees, including an ex-Afghan general, protested against the plans outside Downing Street. The families were evacuated when the Taliban took control of Afghanistan because they worked alongside the British authorities and included army translators.
Their evacuation was a triumph for the Daily Mail’s Betrayal of the Brave campaign that has been fighting for sanctuary in the UK for translators who risked their lives to help the British Army.
A shortage of accommodation means the group of 40 families, including 150 children, need to be resettled in a different part of the country by Tuesday