UNN has learnt of reports that the Home Office is set to build reception centres for asylum seekers. Some have suggested that this move could dissuade migrants coming to Britain. Critics of the current arrangement have slammed the use of hotels and described it as a “pull factor” for migrants.
These purpose-built reception centres would likely be cheaper than the current method of dispersing illegals migrants across the country in hotels. A government source has said: “It’s fair to say we don’t want to be housing them in hotels anymore. It’s a mixture of stopping the pull factor and getting more value for money for the taxpayer”.
UNN’s Oliver Down understands that the plan is to house the migrants awaiting a decision on their applications and then if they are granted refugee status, they will then be moved on to more permanent housing.
A Home Office source has told The Times that: “Our asylum system is broken, and we are bringing forward proposals to replace it with one which is fair but firm. As we process asylum claims from illegal migrants, we will place them in simple, safe and secure accommodation. They will be housed in dedicated reception centres and we will stop using hotels”.
Last summer, it emerged that the government had been using coaches to take those migrants crossing the Channel illegally to hotels all across the country. One such hotel was in the constituency of Home Secretary Priti Patel. Housing migrants in hotels has not made all of those being put up at the taxpayer’s expense happy. In June, Badreddin Abadlla Adam who was a Sudanese migrant stabbed six people in a rage at the Glasgow hotel where he was staying.
Current Affairs Correspondent | My name is Oliver Down I am 22, and a staunch brexiteer. I am a Bristolian lad who studied politics in Leicester. I believe in free speech and accurate journalism and I won’t be afraid to give you “the other side” of the story!
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