http://www.expressandstar.com/articles/news/es/article_70741.php
Nancy Fielder
"Sixty homes in Walsall are standing empty - reserved for asylum seekers who are never likely to need them, it emerged.
The number is just a small part of the national figure where a staggering 25,000 empty homes are being funded by the National Asylum Support Service.
In Walsall a total of 229 properties are set aside for asylum seekers and only 169 are now in use. "