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The UK government plans to reform the asylum system but the British Red Cross charity warns that a two-tier system risks being created that would see anyone arriving via a third country being held in reception centres, potentially for months.
Asylum seekers have to live in dirty and unsafe accommodation for lengthy periods while their claims are processed, according to the latest report on Britain's treatment of migrants.
The British Red Cross tells of accommodation so ramshackle that a roof collapsed and how migrants were forced to wear filthy clothing to keep warm.
The report follows a warning last week from the Refugee Council that asylum seekers face food shortages and racism in UK hotels, with one teenage boy needing hospital treatment because of the poor food provided.