{"id":98196,"date":"2023-09-23T09:36:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:36:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/?p=98196"},"modified":"2023-09-23T09:36:21","modified_gmt":"2023-09-23T09:36:21","slug":"migrants-must-be-booked-in-three-star-hotels-at-least-contract-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/turbocelebrity.com\/world-news\/migrants-must-be-booked-in-three-star-hotels-at-least-contract-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Migrants must be booked in three-star hotels at least, contract says"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Boat migrants must be booked in three-star hotels at least, Home Office tells contractors as costs of housing them soars to \u00a38m a day<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A senior Tory said Home Office has &#8216;completely failed to get a grip&#8217; on hotels<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The Home Office has said small-boat migrants must be booked in three-star hotels at least as housing costs soar to \u00a38million a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In a contract issued by the department, there is a list of &#8216;mandatory requirements&#8217; for hotels, which includes: &#8216;Contracted venues should be at least a minimum of three stars.&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>It hasn&#8217;t been disclosed how many hotels are tied to this contract and the Home Office said it is also using a separate agreement doesn&#8217;t have a star requirement according to The Telegraph.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite MPs in he House of Commons challenging the use of hotels, Home Secretary Suella Braverman has not disclosed any specifics on the issue.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Meanwhile, this week she told Parliament the use of hotels is &#8216;unacceptable&#8217; and that &#8216;too many towns and cities around the country now house the 45,000 asylum seekers who are in hotels&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75754931-12552031-image-a-5_1695459969405.jpg\" height=\"433\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The cost of housing migrants in hotels has risen to \u00a38 million a day. Pictured: Atrium hotel which is hosting asylum seekers<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75754943-12552031-image-a-4_1695459966591.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>The Refugee Action charity said despite the standards set in the document, many asylum seekers are &#8216;forced to live in grotty buildings&#8217;<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0&#8216;It is not right that the British taxpayer is forking out the cost,&#8217; she added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h3>READ MORE:\u00a0Asylum seeker who chronicled his journey from France to UK on TikTok is now living in &#8216;ultra chic, sophisticated&#8217; four-star hotel with the &#8216;cosiest beds in London&#8217;\u00a0<\/h3>\n<p>A spokesman for the Home Office said most hotels did not have a minimum star requirement and the use of hotels was a temporary solution.<\/p>\n<p>Conservative MP\u00a0Sir John Hayes said his constituents in South Holland The Deepings would not expect migrants to be house in hotels they couldn&#8217;t afford to stay in themselves.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;We need to provide safe and clean accommodation but it should be basic \u2013 three-star is well above the level taxpayers would expect to be funding. In truth, we&#8217;ve got to move these people out of hotels altogether,&#8217; he added.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The Refugee Action charity said despite the standards set in the document, many asylum seekers are &#8216;forced to live in grotty buildings&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p>The Home Office&#8217;s annual report revealed the bill for asylum hotels had risen to \u00a38 million a day.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Safety issues and legal challenges have hamper ministers&#8217; ambitions to accommodate migrants on the Bibby Stockholm barge and military bases.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Despite this, the report stated\u00a0military bases would be &#8216;scaled up over the coming months&#8217;.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75754941-12552031-image-a-6_1695460054577.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>There are currently 45,000 asylum seekers staying in hotels, according to Home Secretary Suella Braverman<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75755451-12552031-image-a-8_1695460228115.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Despite MPs in he House of Commons challenging the use of hotels, Home Secretary Suella Braverman (pictured) has not disclosed any specifics on the issue<\/p>\n<p>An unnamed senior Conservative said the level of spending on hotels was &#8216;alarming&#8217; and many colleagues had lost confidence in the Government&#8217;s schemes such as Bibby Stockholm.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;It&#8217;s pretty obvious that the Home Office has completely failed to get a grip on the use of the hotels.<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The Home Secretary&#8217;s rhetoric does not match the reality \u2013 she says she&#8217;s got a grip on this but the situation is out of control,&#8217; they said.<\/p>\n<p>Steve Smith MBE, chief executive of refugee charity Care4Calais, said the people he work with don&#8217;t want to be in hotels, they want to be &#8216;part of the community&#8217;.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He said he UK Government is &#8216;solely responsible&#8217; for the use of asylum hotels<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75754921-12552031-image-a-7_1695460062269.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>Asylum seekers pictured outside the Atrium Hotel. Steve Smith MBE, chief executive of refugee charity Care4Calais, said the people he works with don&#8217;t want to be in hotels, they want to be &#8216;part of the community&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2023\/09\/23\/10\/75755463-12552031-image-a-9_1695460332110.jpg\" height=\"423\" width=\"634\"><\/p>\n<p>An unnamed senior Conservative said the level of spending on hotels was &#8216;alarming&#8217; and many colleagues had lost confidence in the Government&#8217;s schemes such as Bibby Stockholm (pictured)<\/p>\n<p>&#8216;The number of hotels being used to accommodate asylum seekers, and the associated costs, started to increase at the point where the Government slowed down the processing of asylum claims,&#8217; he added.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>On Monday,<span>\u00a0Tory MP Sir Edward Leigh accused the Government of &#8216;wasting public money&#8217; with delayed attempts to convert RAF Scampton into asylum accommodation.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>Mrs Braverman responded: &#8216;Ultimately, it is not right that we continue to house tens of thousands of migrants in hotels, in towns and cities across the country.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span>&#8216;That is why our work to roll out large sites is moving swiftly, and we propose to move asylum seekers on to them as soon as possible.&#8217;<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Source: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-12552031\/Boat-migrants-hotels-Home-Office-costs-housing-8million.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Read Full Article<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Boat migrants must be booked in three-star hotels at least, Home Office tells contractors as costs of housing them soars to \u00a38m a day A senior Tory said Home Office has &#8216;completely failed to get a grip&#8217; 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