office for substandard accommodation, people have said, for asylum seekers and refugees, who have been housed in barracks and holiday hotels elsewhere. judith moritz, thanks forjoining us. the foreign secretary, dominic raab, has rejected calls to resign, after being accused of a catastrophic failure ofjudgment in his handling of the afghan crisis. he s been criticised by opposition parties, after it was reported that he failed to follow advice while on holiday, to call his afghan counterpart last friday, to discuss evacuations. the defence secretary, ben wallace, says such a phone call wouldn t have made any difference. our political correspondent ben wright reports. a potentially life saving flight as the rescue continues. up to ten planes per day are carrying british nationals and afghan evacuees from the chaos of kabul to the uk. i spoke to a uk resident of afghan origin we ll call her sara who is waiting to hear if her father
an upstairs bedroom with his mother when he fell out yesterday afternoon. the home office said it was not made aware of any safety concerns at this hotel before the tragedy but since it happened, it has moved people out for their well being, and the whole of this hotel had been at leased by the home office for housing people who had fled afghanistan, and the hotel chain, the owners, they have not responded to any of our approaches for comment. the refugee council has said there should be an urgent review of the standard of accommodation offered to refugees coming overfrom accommodation offered to refugees coming over from afghanistan. accommodation offered to refugees coming overfrom afghanistan. there will be serious questions now for the home office to answer about what steps were ta ken to the home office to answer about what steps were taken to make sure the safety here for vulnerable families, whether this was suitable for children, especially after there has been months of cri