IPPR: Government must build on asylum progress with accommodation reform and action on small boats

IPPR has responded to today’s migration and asylum statistics from the Home Office which reveal that:The initial asylum backlog has continued to fall from around 49,000 people at the end of March 2026 to around 40,000 people at the end of June 2026. The backlog has fallen by more than half compared to the year before. Hotel use has also fallen in parallel to around 16,000 at the end of June 2026,…