City overrun by refugees sleeping rough as they complain 'Britain is no good for asylum'

Liverpool is facing an enormous influx of refugees with many of them forced to sleep rough - and in some cases, right outside local residents' houses.

A government initiative to urgently clear a huge backlog of asylum seekers at processing centres has led to a sudden rise in the number of people looking for places to live, without the infrastructure ready to handle them. The refugees themselves have been given little time to prepare, leading to many lacking jobs or any form of security

A group of doctors in the city have even written an open letter warning there was a "significant risk of death" for those forced to sleep on the streets during winter. One asylum seeker speaking to Sky News, Hassan, said "this country is no good for asylum", after he fled Iraq last year.

"I have no money, no anything," he said.

Hassan's asylum application was rejected on a technicality. He is able to reapply, but lacks a phone or address.

The influx of refugees is also affecting local residents . One approached the broadcaster as they spoke to Hassan, it reported, and said: "We don't want this around here. You've got all the neighbours worried. Imagine this is your house and your kids are playing in the garden, and you've got him camping here."

Liverpool City Council have placed the blame on the government's efforts to accelerate refugee processing before the end of the year, adding it was now dealing with an "unprecedented homelessness problem".