Undocumented Migrants: Hotels
The question
To ask the Secretary of State for the Home Department, whether irregular migrants housed in hotels have access to (a) pool, (b) gym and (c) other hotel facilities.
Answered by Dame Angela Eagle
The Home Office has a statutory obligation to provide destitute asylum seekers with accommodation and subsistence support whilst their application for asylum is being considered.
They do not have access to hotel leisure facilities.
The Government is determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly, clearing the backlog and increasing removals, ending demand on accommodation. The Home Office accommodation estate is under constant review, as the Home Office continues to identify a range of options to minimise the use of hotels and ensure better use of public money.
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