Home Office anticipated to shut down one other 11 asylum inns | EUROtoday

The authorities is predicted to shut down 11 extra so-called “asylum hotels” subsequent week because it tries to maneuver sooner on tackling unlawful immigration.

The closure of the controversial inns is a part of the federal government’s plan to finish lodge lodging for irregular migrants altogether and linked to a gathering this week on the brand new contract for asylum lodging.

The inns have turn into a magnet for rightwing anti-migrant protesters and centred round claims of assaults by asylum seekers on ladies and women.

Notably, the Bell in Epping turned a spotlight of far proper demonstrations with the native Tory-led council unsuccessfully blocking its use as a holding place for asylum seekers ready for his or her purposes to be administered.

Latest authorities statistics present there are round 200 inns in use, accommodating about 30,000 asylum seekers. More than 70,000 different asylum seekers stay in different forms of lodging similar to shared housing or army barracks.

According to The Guardianthe Home Office is because of maintain a personal occasion this week, described as an “industry day” for potential future suppliers of asylum lodging.

The division has not disclosed particulars of the time and venue and it’s reported that these attending need to signal a non disclosure settlement (NDA).

The assembly is known to narrate to the re-tendering of asylum contracts from 1 September 2029 till 31 August 2036, with a attainable choice to increase to 31 August 2039. The new contract, often called Future Asylum Contracts Accommodation, has been valued at roughly £10bn and can enact the federal government goal of shifting away from reliance on lodge lodging.

Controversially, the Home Office makes use of a part of the already diminished abroad assist finances to fund asylum lodging in a apply often called “in donor refugee costs”.

These prices amounted to round £2.8bn in 2024 to £2.4bn in 2025.

The Home Office has been requested to touch upon the claims however not responded.

A Home Office spokesperson advised The Guardian: “This government is removing the incentives drawing illegal migrants to Britain and ramping up removals of those with no right to be here. That is why we are closing every asylum hotel and moving asylum seekers into basic accommodation including ex-military sites.

“The population in asylum hotels has fallen by nearly 20 per cent in the last year and by 45 per cent since the peak under the previous government, cutting costs by nearly £1bn.”