Home Office spent £400m in a year on unused hotel space for migrants
2 months ago

Home Office spent £400m in a year on unused hotel space for migrants

The Telegraph  

Mr Bolt said his inspectors found some migrants “living in spacious rooms with en suite facilities.” One in six of the 625 bed spaces of one contractor were occupied by single adults in twin or triple space rooms. However, the inspectors visited one large rural hotel that was being emptied out ahead of its planned closure of use for asylum seekers and found five extra en suite rooms had just been completed with fully fitted facilities. In an attempt to find alternative cheaper accommodation to hotels, the report said officials had spent months and thousands of pounds of taxpayers’ money investigating 900 sites where “due diligence” checks were completed. The report cited one senior manager as saying: “There’s absolutely loads … hundreds and hundreds, which must reflect a considerable waste of resource and effort.” That included spending £15 million on an abandoned training camp in Bexhill-on-Sea, East Sussex, “before any due diligence was done on the site”.

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Home Office considering disused care homes and student flats to house asylum seekers
1 week, 6 days ago

Home Office considering disused care homes and student flats to house asylum seekers

The Independent  

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New asylum hotels act as a 'massive incentive' for small boat migrant crossings, ministers warned after it emerged seven more have been opened since Labour came to power
4 weeks ago

New asylum hotels act as a 'massive incentive' for small boat migrant crossings, ministers warned after it emerged seven more have been opened since Labour came to power

Daily Mail  

Opening more asylum hotels will act as a 'massive incentive' for small boat crossings, Labour has been warned. Home Office minister Dame Angela Eagle revealed last week that asylum hotel use had risen since Labour entered government, with seven new hotels being brought into use since the general election in July. But during Home Office questions, Tory MP Julia Lopez …

Home Office overspends billions on asylum and immigration due to ‘woeful budgeting’
3 months, 3 weeks ago

Home Office overspends billions on asylum and immigration due to ‘woeful budgeting’

The Independent  

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‘Squalor’ of cramped rat-infested Home Office asylum seeker hotels revealed
6 months ago

‘Squalor’ of cramped rat-infested Home Office asylum seeker hotels revealed

The Independent  

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Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog
9 months ago

Government asylum housing plans to cost millions more than hotels – watchdog

The Independent  

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Cleverly requests extra £2.6bn after Home Office overspend on asylum hotels
10 months, 3 weeks ago

Cleverly requests extra £2.6bn after Home Office overspend on asylum hotels

The Independent  

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Bibby Stockholm migrant barge ‘to cost more per head than hotels’ despite Home Office pledge to cut bill
1 year, 1 month ago

Bibby Stockholm migrant barge ‘to cost more per head than hotels’ despite Home Office pledge to cut bill

The Independent  

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The £60M 'migrant hotel king': Caravan park tycoon's firm records a fortune in profits after taxpayers handed it £3.5m-a-DAY last year to house asylum seekers
1 year, 1 month ago

The £60M 'migrant hotel king': Caravan park tycoon's firm records a fortune in profits after taxpayers handed it £3.5m-a-DAY last year to house asylum seekers

Daily Mail  

The 'king' of Britain's migrant hotels has seen his profits soar to more than £60million a year – all from the taxpayer. Graham King, a former caravan park and disco tycoon, made £25million in 2021 thanks to a Home Office contract to house asylum seekers in southern England and Wales. He made £25million in 2021 thanks to a Home Office …

Ministers accused of ‘disastrous failure’ as 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels
1 year, 4 months ago

Ministers accused of ‘disastrous failure’ as 50,000 asylum seekers in hotels

The Independent  

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Ministers ‘would take until 2036 to removed failed asylum seekers at current rate’
1 year, 4 months ago

Ministers ‘would take until 2036 to removed failed asylum seekers at current rate’

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Home Office plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers into RAF base delayed for months because of failure to do checks
1 year, 4 months ago

Home Office plans to move 2,000 asylum seekers into RAF base delayed for months because of failure to do checks

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Home Office paying for thousands of empty hotel beds, MPs told
1 year, 5 months ago

Home Office paying for thousands of empty hotel beds, MPs told

The Independent  

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Asylum seekers will be told to share hotel rooms, says Tory minister
1 year, 6 months ago

Asylum seekers will be told to share hotel rooms, says Tory minister

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Government spends a third of aid budget on asylum seekers in UK as hotel costs soar
1 year, 8 months ago

Government spends a third of aid budget on asylum seekers in UK as hotel costs soar

The Independent  

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Home Office has 'had to find extra £2billion' to fund hotels for over 50,000 asylum seekers
1 year, 9 months ago

Home Office has 'had to find extra £2billion' to fund hotels for over 50,000 asylum seekers

Daily Mail  

The Home Office has reportedly been forced to shore up an extra £2million to pay for hotel rooms for asylum seekers after the Government admitted there was no deadline in sight to stop their use. The Best Western Premier Yew Lodge Hotel in Kegworth has stopped taking bookings for the foreseeable future The Home Office has faced pressure from the …

Revealed: ‘Appalling’ reality of healthcare inside the Home Office’s asylum hotels
2 years ago

Revealed: ‘Appalling’ reality of healthcare inside the Home Office’s asylum hotels

The Independent  

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Home Office spends £4.7m a day housing Channel migrants and asylum seekers in hotels
2 years, 10 months ago

Home Office spends £4.7m a day housing Channel migrants and asylum seekers in hotels

The Telegraph  

The accommodation crisis has been compounded by the failure to secure new agreements to return migrants to "safe" countries through which they passed and where they should have claimed asylum. Ms Patel admitted that the Government had returned only a "tiny" fraction of those whose asylum claims had been ruled inadmissible because of Covid travel restrictions and the refusal of …

Move to house migrants in Army barracks instead of hotels
3 years, 1 month ago

Move to house migrants in Army barracks instead of hotels

The Telegraph  

More asylum seekers could be housed in Army barracks rather than hotels under plans to be considered by a cross-government taskforce on deterring migrants from crossing the Channel. The taskforce will consider plans to reduce significantly the number of migrants accommodated in hotels by extending the use of Army barracks, government sources suggested. It is also expected to consider whether …

Hotel accommodation for migrants will cost up to £70m this year
3 years, 4 months ago

Hotel accommodation for migrants will cost up to £70m this year

The Telegraph  

Housing migrants in hotels is set to cost the taxpayer up to £70 million this year, Priti Patel has admitted. The Home Secretary has told the home affairs select committee that the Home Office expects to spend at least £40 million and up to £70 million on hotels for migrants in the current financial year. In just two days last …

Home Office spent £10,000 per deportee in rush to remove asylum seekers before Brexit, figures show
3 years, 11 months ago

Home Office spent £10,000 per deportee in rush to remove asylum seekers before Brexit, figures show

The Independent  

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Thousands of asylum seekers in hotels need cash support during pandemic, Home Office admits
4 years, 1 month ago

Thousands of asylum seekers in hotels need cash support during pandemic, Home Office admits

The Independent  

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Up to 50 hotels across Britain benefit from £4billion ten-year contract to house asylum seekers
4 years, 4 months ago

Up to 50 hotels across Britain benefit from £4billion ten-year contract to house asylum seekers

Daily Mail  

Casually tapping on their smartphones and smoking in the sunshine, the young men gathered outside the once grand, but now slightly downmarket, hotel appeared carefree and relaxed. An investigation by The Mail on Sunday can reveal that at least 20 – and perhaps as many as 50 – hotels across Britain are being used to house migrants who have made …

What is the true story behind Nigel Farage’s claim that ‘illegal’ immigrants are staying in hotels?
4 years, 4 months ago

What is the true story behind Nigel Farage’s claim that ‘illegal’ immigrants are staying in hotels?

The Independent  

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