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 MailThe '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 contract to house asylum seekers in southern England and Wales This picture shows the interior of one of the rooms in Broadfield Park Hotel, Rochdale - one of the four-star luxury hotels which will be closing to migrants Undated handout photo issued by the Home Office of Reda Hamoud Abdurabou who posed for selfies as he piloted a small boat with fifty migrants on board while trying to cross the Channel King won Home Office contracts to provide accommodation for ever-growing numbers of refugees The accounts for Clearsprings say it 'is looking to expand its involvement in large non-hotel accommodation sites, such as ex-army camps'. Mr King, 56, may become Britain's first immigration industry billionaire, with his Home Office contract lasting until September 2029. King poses for a photo in swimming trunks and a towel He may become Britain's first immigration industry billionaire, with his Home Office contract lasting until September 2029 Migrants are pictured arriving at Dover after being brought ashore by UK officials Clearsprings did not respond to a request for comment last night.
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Labour's promise to 'end asylum hotels' backfires as numbers rise by 8,500
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Number of migrants living in hotels soars under Labour as asylum costs top £5bn
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Home Office says 150 migrant hotels will close by next month
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UK now spending £8m a day housing migrants in hotels
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Home Office admits its paying for 5,000 empty hotel rooms for asylum seekers
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