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Government spending £4.7m a day housing asylum seekers in hotels

The Government is spending £4.7 million a day housing asylum seekers in hotels – almost four times the figure it previously told MPs, the Home Office has said. On Wednesday the Home Affairs Committee heard the total was £1.2 million, but a ...

03 Feb 2022 at 13:25

Braverman: Government to spend £3.5billion on asylum system in 2022/23

The Government will spend £3.5billion on the asylum system in a year, the Home Secretary said as she confirmed plans to house migrants on disused cruise ships were being considered. Suella Braverman said £2.3billion of the total bill for ...

21 Dec 2022 at 17:07

Government yet to find airline to send migrants to Rwanda, Braverman suggests

The Home Secretary has suggested she has yet to find a new airline to deport migrants to Rwanda. Suella Braverman said there were “ongoing discussions with several airlines” after Privilege Style pulled out in October amid pressure from ...

21 Dec 2022 at 14:57

Protesters gather at hotel after asylum seekers told of move to Napier Barracks

Protesters gathered outside a hotel after a number of asylum seekers received notice from the Home Office that they will “shortly” be moved to Napier Barracks. Dozens of people congregated outside the north London hotel on Tuesday ...

20 Dec 2022 at 21:32

Seven more asylum hotels to close in the New Year

Another seven asylum hotels will close in the New Year, the Home Secretary has revealed. Yvette Cooper told the Commons Home Affairs Committee on Tuesday that she had issued closure orders for the seven hotels as the backlog of ...

17 Dec 2024 at 17:35

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FactCheck: Are a third of hotels outside Dublin used to house asylum seekers?

An immigration debate on RTE on Monday saw election candidates duke it out on a subject that has been a hot political topic over the past few years. Perhaps the most heated exchange of the night came between Aontu leader ...

28 Nov 2024 at 15:18

Asylum seekers to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Asylum seekers set to be removed from Essex hotel as council granted injunction

Asylum seekers will be removed from an Essex hotel after a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction blocking them from being housed there. Epping Forest District Council had asked a judge to issue an ...

19 Aug 2025 at 16:35

Antrim and Newtownabbey Council probes hotel being used for asylum seekers

A local council in Northern Ireland has started a probe into a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. Antrim and Newtownabbey Council confirmed that an enforcement investigation has commenced. It is ...

20 Aug 2025 at 19:20

Hotel owner’s bid to appeal against asylum seeker ruling to be heard on Thursday

The owner of an Essex hotel, which was blocked from housing asylum seekers at the site, is set to have a bid to challenge the decision heard at the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Somani Hotels Limited, ...

26 Aug 2025 at 13:14

Minister: Disorderly discharge from asylum hotels could put migrants on streets

Closing all asylum hotels immediately could lead to migrants living “destitute in the streets”, a minister has warned, ahead of a court ruling on the Bell Hotel in Epping. Three senior judges will ...

29 Aug 2025 at 09:27

Epping asylum seeker injunction ‘risks setting precedent’, Court of Appeal told

An injunction that is set to temporarily block asylum seekers from being housed at an Essex hotel creates a “risk of a precedent being set”, the Court of Appeal has been told. The Home Office and ...

28 Aug 2025 at 13:03

Home Office bid to appeal against Epping asylum seeker hotel ruling to be heard

Home Office bid to appeal against Epping asylum seeker ruling due to be heard

The Home Office’s bid to challenge the decision to temporarily block the owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping from housing asylum seekers is due to be heard at the Court of Appeal on Thursday. Last ...

28 Aug 2025 at 09:33

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