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Report: UK Asylum Accommodation Costs Triple to £15.3B
MPs highlight rising asylum hotel costs, with 32,000 asylum seekers housed in hotels as of June, urging fairer, transparent, and community-focused accommodation reforms by 2029.
- A report from MPs reveals massive waste of taxpayer funds on asylum hotels, totaling expected costs of £15.3 billion by 2029 due to mismanagement under past Conservative leadership.
- The Home Office has not penalized providers for poor performance, resulting in tens of millions of pounds in excess profits remaining with private companies instead of being utilized for public services.
- Dame Karen Bradley, chair of the Home Affairs Committee, insists that urgent action is required to improve the asylum accommodation system and maintain community trust.
- MPs highlighted the pressing need for a long-term strategy to manage asylum accommodation effectively while addressing local community concerns.
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gazetteherald.co.ukAsylum seekers to be housed in barracks in bid to end hotel use
The plans will see men housed at Cameron Barracks in Inverness and Crowborough Training Camp in East Sussex. Hundreds of asylum seekers will be moved to military sites as the Government aims to end the use of hotels to house migrants. The Home Office confirmed on Monday that two barracks in Scotland and southern England would be used to house around 900 men temporarily, with officials working to identify more sites in the coming weeks and months…
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