36,000 Illegal Arrivals in Taxpayer-Funded Rooms While Private Firm Rakes in Millions As we head into the festive season in December 2025, ordinary British taxpayers are footing a massive bill for a migrant crisis that’s showing no signs of slowing. The latest Home Office figures from September reveal a staggering 36,273 asylum seekers – many arriving illegally via small boats – housed in hotels across the UK. That’s a whopping 13% increase in just three months, hitting the highest level in almost two years. These migrants occupy rooms in around 200 hotels nationwide, turning once-thriving tourist spots and local businesses into no-go zones for holidaymakers. Coaches pull up regularly, dropping off groups of young men into four-star accommodations, all paid for by you and me. The company at the heart of much of this is Clearsprings Ready Homes , one of three private firms handed lucrative 10-year contracts worth billions back in 2019 to manage asylum housing. Clearsprings covers London, the South of England, and Wales, sourcing and running many of these hotel setups. While migrants get free board and lodging, Clearsprings has pocketed eye-watering profits – nearly £180 million in recent years alone, with combined profits across the providers topping £380 million. Critics slam the poor conditions in some accommodations, but Clearsprings hasn’t issued any public defence or statement on the latest backlash; they just keep cashing the cheques from the Home Office. Overall, more than 108,000 asylum seekers receive government-funded housing, with hotels still a major chunk despite years of political promises to end the practice. Small boat crossings pushed asylum claims past 110,000 in the last year, fuelling the surge. So where do the migrants go when they’re shuffled out of hotels? Mostly into so-called dispersed accommodation – private rented houses and flats scattered across communities, often in working-class areas already stretched for housing. Some end up in former military bases like Wethersfield in Essex, warehouse-style sites criticised as dehumanising and costly. Plans for more big camps, like the scrapped RAF Scampton idea that wasted tens of millions, highlight the chaos. Meanwhile, on Britain’s streets, tent camps spring up in the most unlikely places. Take Park Lane in London’s Mayfair – right on Billionaires’ Row, next to Hyde Park and some of the priciest real estate in the world. Throughout 2025, dozens of tents turned roundabouts and pavements into shanty towns, blighting one of the capital’s poshest areas. Authorities cleared it multiple times at huge expense, only for the encampments to pop up nearby on Oxford Street or other central spots. These rough sleepers are mostly Eastern European – Romanians and Bulgarians – involved in begging or cash-in-hand work, not the boat arrivals claiming asylum. London’s rough sleeping numbers hit record highs this year, but the vast majority are British nationals struggling with addiction, mental health, or economic hardship. The stark reality? Tens of thousands of recent illegal migrants get hotel rooms and support on the public dime, while private companies like Clearsprings profit handsomely, and genuine British homeless battle for scraps. With arrivals still pouring in, patriots are right to demand: enough is enough. Stop the boats, speed up deportations, and put British people first.
Britain’s Migrant Hotel Scandal
