Migrant living in asylum hotel ‘sent on £600 taxi ride for NHS appointment’ while others admit working illegally in Britain

The immigrants in asylum hotels defined that hundreds of miles have been sent to the taxpayer for medical appointments at a great cost.

A unsuccessful asylum seeker in an anonymous hotel used by the Ministry of Interior said that he was sent to the BBC on a taxi ride of 250 miles for knee control.

Interior Minister Shabana Mahmood, authorities after the emergence of allegations to look at the use of taxis urgently asked ‘.

Other immigrants in hotels visited by the publisher, despite the job of working in the UK said.

In order to protect his identity, an Iraqi man, defined under the name of ‘Kadir’, said he would prefer to go to the NHS appointment by train.

However, there was no choice but to accept the transportation made by the home office.

The publisher takes a taxi journeys because when immigrants move between hotels, they sometimes hold the same NHS doctors.

Kadir’s journey was to see a consultant who acted at her former address, and the driver said that the course costs the course of £ 600.

Should his home office give me a ticket for the train? This easy way and they know that they spend a lot of money, ” he said.

Migrants at the EPPING’s The Bell Hotel, depicted at the beginning of this month

‘We know, but we don’t have any options. Crazy. ‘

Immigrants were not offered to travel or walk through public transport, and the appointments and taxis were reserved by a ‘automatic system’ in the front office of the hotel.

When Kadir and his wife came to England from Iraq nine years ago, he had two children, and since he was there, he was one -third.

The family occupies two adjacent hotel rooms for one couple and their babies, and the other for 12 -year -old daughter and her 14 -year -old son.

An immigrant accused of sex crimes in EPPING led to protests about the use of the hotel last month. In a separate development, the immigration was sentenced today.

Kadir said he worked as a translator in his own country and claimed that he was targeted by criminals.

The asylum claim was rejected by the Ministry of Interior due to lack of evidence.

He applied for two appeals and applied for a third appeal.

Mohammed from Afghanistan said he had arranged a job even before he came to England a few weeks ago.

After using the contacts provided by his cousin who works illegally in the UK, Mohammed said he earned £ 20 per day for shifts that lasted up to 10 hours.

He told the BBC that he had no other option because his family owes money to human smugglers.

A security guard in one of the hotels: ‘You have nothing to occupy these men. Of course they will go there and work. ‘

Journalists and public home office migrant hotels are banned, but BBC ‘France’ s migrant traveling through the British canal through the contacts of the access to ‘he said.

At the end of June, the taxpayer financed hotels were slightly above 32,000, increased by eight percent a year.

The Ministry of Interior also said that 111,084 asylum application, which is the highest level of all time, increased by 14 percent in the previous 12 months in June.

Despite the increasing numbers, Labour said he would close all immigrant hotels until 2029.

In August, the EPPING Forest Regional Council gained a temporary Supreme Court measure to prevent immigrants from being foreseen in EPPING.

However, the decision of the Ministry of Interior has successfully challenged the decision of the appeal court and the hotel continues to wait for more legal action.

The amount of money spent on the asylum support of the taxpayer fell from £ 5.38 billion to 2024-25 in the previous year to £ 4.76 billion.

However, costs are largely higher than ten years, the figure is less than £ 475 million per year.

Ahome Office Spokesperson: ‘The Minister of the Interior asked the department to look for the use of taxis urgently to transfer to asylum seekers.’