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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 parliamentary report states that Britain has "squandered billions" on asylum housing due to "flawed contracts" and unsuitable accommodations, with costs expected to rise from £4.5 billion to £15.3 billion for 2019-2029.
- The Home Office is heavily reliant on hotel accommodations for migrants, despite increasing public anger as the number of asylum seekers housed in hotels has more than doubled since 2018, reaching 103,000 in June 2025.
- Labour's government aims to end hotel usage for asylum seekers by 2029, while more than 92% of local authorities are expected to house asylum seekers by the year's end, amid ongoing concerns over their safety and living conditions.
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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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