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Asylum Support: £15.3 Billion Spent on Hotel Housing
10/29/2025
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Story summary
- A government report shows more than half of the 2024-25 asylum support budget went to hotels.
- By June 2025, about 32,000 asylum seekers were housed in hotels, with contracts totaling £15.3 billion.
- Refugee organizations call moving asylum seekers to military sites impractical and costly.
- The government aims to close all asylum hotels by 2029, but processing claims and public sentiment remain challenging.
