The Home Office is splurging an eye-watering £1.8 million on a contract to “reintegrate” failed asylum seekers deported to Algeria and Sri Lanka. The two-year long contract spotted by the Taxpayer’s Alliance went live less than two weeks ago. Which lucky non-profit will pick that one up…
According to the government’s own website, the cash will bankroll a generous list of post-deportation perks for illegal migrants once they’ve been put on a plane home, including:
All this for ‘Returning Migrants’ to just two countries – neither of which features among the main nationalities returned from the UK in recent years. Callum McGoldrick of the TPA said:
“Providing a VIP resettlement package including ‘entrepreneurship funds’ and mentorship for returnees is a total slap in the face to hard-pressed Brits. The Home Office should be focusing on security, not acting as a high-end travel agent. It’s time to pull the plug on this waste.”
Asylum Freebiegate rolls on…
A National Audit Office report into the asylum system has found that its total cost to the taxpayer this year is a whopping £4.9 billion. That’s the NAO’s calculation of actual costs to the Home Office and MoJ…
The Farm Tax is estimated by the Treasury to raise £500 million in its most revenue-raising year. Until then it is raking in just over £100 million. In that case the asylum system costs fifty farm taxes…
The NAO report, released overnight, found the Home Office does not know how many people have slipped out of the asylum system and are in the UK illegally. It noted the number of people seeking asylum represented around 11.4% of overall immigration to the UK in 2024…
It tracked 5,000 asylum claims from January 2023 for 32 months. By September this year only 452 of the total, or 9% had been deported, which is 18% of all rejected asylum seekers. The rest are stuck in the system…
Fewer than 35% were granted asylum and 56% of cases weren’t concluded. In the years since numbers have got worse – record 110,051 asylum claims were filed in the year to September. Smash the records, Keir…
Asylum seekers in Edinburgh are given 70% off bouncy castle and pool parties. From inflatable boats to inflatable fun…
Edinburgh City Council offers a ‘Relocated People Access (RPA) programme’ in partnership with council-funded ‘Edinburgh Leisure’. The programme offers asylum seekers, migrants, and refugees 70% off all activities at local leisure centres. Some of these include:
Alongside those discounts, asylum seekers are also offered:
Adults are given these freebies for six months, while under-16s get them for 12 months. The Edinburgh Leisure website adds that the RPA programme “aligns with the New Scots strategy from the Scottish Government, promoting the inclusion of refugees and asylum seekers in our communities, thus fostering cohesive and diverse societies.” Meanwhile Edinburgh’s council tax increased by 8% this year. Locals might feel a little deflated to hear this…
Asylum seekers in Portsmouth are being offered 40% off beach hut hires. Might was well walk with towels and beach bags straight off the small boats…
After Guido’s asylum freebiegate series, CCHQ went full tilt with an attack ad highlighting perks for Channel migrants housed in asylum hotels. Now, ConHome reports an internal row among Tory MPs over the ad, with some pointing out that asylum freebies were handed out under a Tory government. Reform jumped on the advert in that vein…
In Portsmouth Council, asylum seekers are given free ‘Portsmouth Leisure Cards’ that offer them the following discounts:
People on benefits are also offered the same discounts. Meanwhile the council has complained last week to the Home Office that it can’t take “any more” migrants, after hundreds were quietly housed in the council without their knowledge. Stop the huts?
The legacy media has been following Guido’s asylum freebiegate series. There is still an abundance of examples of asylum seekers being offered across discounts on luxury activities. Swansea County Council has a “Passport for Leisure” scheme offering asylum seekers discounts on all adult prices at Swansea Council leisure venues. Some of the more eyebrow-raising offers include:
The Passport for Leisure card is also offered to those on benefits. Swansea raised council tax by 5% this year. A UK-wide scandal…
Asylum seekers in the Metropolitan Borough of Dudley in the West Midlands get half-price squash, DVD hire, and comedy nights. The latest in Guido’s Asylum Freebiegate series…
Numerous groups including blue badge holders, veterans, and asylum seekers qualify for Dudley’s Options+ discount scheme, which provides 50% deals on numerous leisure and entertainment services. Those include:
You don’t even have to live in the Dudley borough to qualify for the scheme. Also on offer are half-price tickets “for most events” at Dudley town hall venues. Coming up: the regular comedy night at Stourbridge Town Hall with previous guests including Russell Howard, Alan Carr, and Jon Richardson…
All dependants of the mail applicant will be eligible for the discounts too. Unless – for some reason – the main applicant is a veteran…
After Guido began his series into the scandal of freebies for asylum seekers the national press has followed suit. It isn’t just hotels they get…
Lee Anderson, speaking to The Sun’s Tom Scotson, reveals the wokest thing he’s ever done: “I once had a vegetarian thought, about becoming a vegetarian. That was quickly dismissed when I had a bacon sandwich…”
