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As of the end of September, 35,651 asylum seekers were being housed in hotels, up from 29,585 at the end of June. Overall asylum costs are now at £5bn - the highest level of spending on record ...
It has operated all such accommodation in Wales since 2012, a contract which was valued at £119 million in 2016. [11] [2] The company currently has two ten-year contracts with the British government to operate accommodation for asylum seekers in Wales and the South of England until 2029, at a total cost of over £1 billion. [1]
An Australian travel firm previously slammed for its handling of Covid quarantine hotels has been quietly handed a £1.6bn contract covering the UK’s new asylum accommodation ships, The ...
People living near a hotel housing nearly 300 asylum seekers express very different opinions. ... rather than spending the money putting them up in hotels." In a statement, Mr Ross said the ...
In June 2023, the Independent reported CTM had been awarded a £1.6 billion contract to house asylum-seekers in the UK, including on barges. [5] The Bibby Stockholm barge, subcontracted by CTM [6] at Portland Port, Dorset, began housing asylum-seekers on 7 August 2023, amid concerns about fire risks [7] and other safety concerns. [8]
The Directorate for Asylum Support Services (DASS) was established in November 1999 as a unit of the Department of Justice.It introduced a system of direct provision for asylum applicants, providing residential accommodation and ancillary services to asylum seekers while they await the outcome of their applications for asylum.
The government wants to end contracts with hotels for housing asylum seekers, in order to cut costs.
Critics had warned that the policy, abandoned after legal action, would put asylum seekers’ safety at risk. Plan to remove asylum seeker housing licensing requirements scrapped, court told Skip ...