BRITAIN’S £4.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers.
The shocking new statistic is equivalent to every grafter in Manchester stumping up for asylum seekers through their pay packet.
Britain’s £4.7billion annual bill to keep migrants in hotels and look after them takes every penny of tax from 582,000 workers
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Jamie Jenkins, who did the research, said: ‘This isn’t just unsustainable. It’s outrageous’PA
Jamie Jenkins, who did the research, said: “This isn’t just unsustainable. It’s outrageous.
“A government that borrows billions each year, can’t control borders, and taxes its citizens to pay for hotel rooms and housing for people who’ve just arrived is not working for the British public.
“It’s time for a system that protects the people who pay in. That rewards contribution. That puts citizens first.”
Latest figures show there were 32,345 asylum seekers staying in up to 220 hotel.
It costs £41,000 a year to house each, up from £17,000 in 2020.
Ex-Office for National Statistics analyst Mr Jenkins found the average UK salary was £38,224.
Each worker pays income tax and National Insurance contributions of £8,081. So 582,000’s entire tax bills go on housing migrants — equal to the working population of Manchester.
And it is significantly larger than the employed populations of Nottingham, Sheffield and Leeds.
The total is also higher than the tax contributions of every UK mechanic and HGV driver combined.
A total £4.7billion went on asylum support in 2023-24 — £3.1billion on accomodation.
The rest went on grants to local authorities, running sites like the disused Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset, plus £49-a-week subsistence allowance.
The £4.7billion total was up from 2022-23’s £3.6bn.
Nearly 15,000 people have crossed to Dover in 2025, up 42 per cent on this time year.
French cops, given £480million of UK taxpayer cash, are failing to intercept them.
Nearly 15,000 people have crossed to Dover in 2025, up 42 per cent on this time yearAFP Published: [#item_custom_pubDate]
