The Grand Burstin Hotel in Kent houses asylum seekers.
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Data reveals hotel accommodation for asylum seekers is costing the Home Office millions.
The Home Office has come under fire after releasing incorrect data on housing spending for asylum seekers.
Instead of the £1.2 million figure released yesterday that only included Afghan refugees, a new figure of £4.7million has been released – four times more than had previously been relayed to MPs.
Data also shows that there are 25,000 asylum seekers, along with 12,000 Afghan refugees living in hotels across the UK. This totals £127 per person per day.
“The use of hotels is unacceptable.” said a Government spokesperson.
“It’s a short-term solution to the global migration crisis and we are working hard to find appropriate dispersed accommodation for migrants, asylum seekers and Afghan refugees as soon as possible.
‘We would urge local authorities to do all they can to help house people permanently.
‘Our New Plan for Immigration, which is going through Parliament now, will fix the broken asylum system, enabling us to remove those with no right to be here more quickly.” they added.
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has described the current policy as ‘thoroughly inadequate’.
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StandfirstThe Home Office admits that original figures on accommodation expenditure were inaccurate.
Data reveals hotel accommodation for asylum seekers is costing the Home Office millions.
The Home Office has come under fire after releasing incorrect data on housing spending for asylum seekers.
Instead of the £1.2 million figure released yesterday that only included Afghan refugees, a new figure of £4.7million has been released – four times more than had previously been relayed to MPs.
Data also shows that there are 25,000 asylum seekers, along with 12,000 Afghan refugees living in hotels across the UK. This totals £127 per person per day.
“The use of hotels is unacceptable.” said a Government spokesperson.
“It’s a short-term solution to the global migration crisis and we are working hard to find appropriate dispersed accommodation for migrants, asylum seekers and Afghan refugees as soon as possible.
‘We would urge local authorities to do all they can to help house people permanently.
‘Our New Plan for Immigration, which is going through Parliament now, will fix the broken asylum system, enabling us to remove those with no right to be here more quickly.” they added.
The Home Secretary Priti Patel has described the current policy as ‘thoroughly inadequate’.
