(BBC) People in Bristol have been urged to host asylum seekers in their homes to prevent them living on the streets.
During the coronavirus pandemic, the city council has housed a number of them in hotels across Bristol but the arrangement was due to end shortly.
Bristol Hospitality Network (BHN) has asked for 20 volunteers who could offer a spare room for three months or more.
Mayor Marvin Rees backed the scheme and said Bristol should be a place “where everyone feels welcome and safe.”
BHN said usually asylum seekers would be given accommodation at an 11-bed men’s hostel or one of a network of hosts but the hostel was full and hosts were “at capacity.”
