Il lavoro non ha “dimezzato” il numero di hotel asilo
https://fullfact.org/immigration/asylum-hotel-closures-labour/
di GnolRevilo
Il lavoro non ha “dimezzato” il numero di hotel asilo
https://fullfact.org/immigration/asylum-hotel-closures-labour/
di GnolRevilo
7 commenti
The number of asylum hotels *has* halved, but most of the fall was at the tail end of the previous government.
This Government is hell bent on just getting them out of hotels but only because putting them up in HMOs all over the country removes the focal point from the local communities that don’t want them.
We’re housing more than ever, the focus on the hotels highlights how seemingly stupid, or disingenuous the Government are. It’s not that they’re housed in hotels, it’s that we’re paying ridiculous sums for them whether they’re in hotels or houses. They removed 9,000 failed claimants last year, mainly Albanians, we’re going to keep housing tens of thousands in perpetuity. That’s the issue.
In the year ending June 2025, 111,084 people applied for asylum—the highest number on record since current statistics began in 2001/2.
This marks a 14% increase compared to the previous year and surpasses the previous peak of 103,000 in 2002 during the Blair-era.
Nearly 28,000 people arrived via small boats in 2025 alone, contributing to around 39% of asylum cases.
One has to remember it’s not simply about halving the number of asylum hotels. It’s about reducing the number of cases.
If they remove smaller hotels, in favour of larger hotels, and the numbers are increasing yearly, then the evidence suggests they’re not doing anything meaningful.
The uproar over hotels is laughable,
They are being moved into the private rental market.
I know loads of landlords that current rent hmos to students that are getting calls asking them
I read that as part of the package, some hotels were hired out on 2-5 year contracts by the previous government.
What is going to happen when they’re dumped in HMOs or warehouses with tents or Butlins or disused RAF bases and we are still paying out for rooms that have been adapted for 2-3 male asylum seekers?
In the long run its probably cheaper to build some type of specific area to house them.
So what’s the alternative then?
Hmm, if only there was some kind of horrific camp we could force them all into, where they would be concentrated in one place and they could provide free back breaking labour. Until we can come up with a more permanent, final solution to the problem 🤔
/s for the mods who don’t get sarcasm, and for the members of this sub of who actually think that this would be an acceptable way to treat fellow human beings