The number of asylum seekers living in hotels has risen by 13 per cent in the last three months, latest immigration figures reveal.
The Home Office published data on Thursday which shows 36,273 asylum seekers were being temporarily housed in hotels at the end of September.
This is an increase on the figure from June – which was 32,041 – and on the figure from September last year (35,628).
It remains significantly lower than the peak in September 2023 when the number of asylum seekers living in hotels went above 56,000 – but the recent spike demonstrates the challenge the Government is still facing.
Sir Keir Starmer has promised to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers by the end of Parliament in 2029.
Reacting to the latest figures, a Home Office spokesman said: “We are furious at the levels of illegal migrants and asylum hotels.
“There are now fewer than 200 in use and we will close every single one.
“Work is well under way to move illegal migrants into military bases to ease pressure on communities across the country.
“And that’s why last week we set out the most sweeping reforms in modern times to restore order and control to our borders.
“We will remove the incentives that draw illegal migrants to the UK and make it easier to remove and deport them.”
Big drop in non-EU migrants arriving in Britain
The other key trend from the latest figures shows net migration into the UK has fallen dramatically to 204,000 for the year ending June 2025.
This is down more than two-thirds (69 per cent) from 649,000 in the previous 12 months, according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
It is the lowest annual figure since 2021.
Net migration is the difference between the number of people moving long-term to the UK and the number of people leaving the country.
An estimated 898,000 people immigrated to the UK in the year to June while 693,000 emigrated.
The sharp fall in net migration is being driven by fewer people from outside the EU arriving in the UK for work or to study, along with an increase in people moving out of the country, the ONS said.
Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood, responding to today’s figures, says net migration is at its lowest level in half a decade (Photo: Rasid Necati Aslim/Anadolu via Getty Images)Mary Gregory, ONS executive director for population and census, said: “Net migration is at the lowest level seen since 2021, when pandemic lockdown restrictions were lifted and the new immigration system was introduced following the UK’s EU exit.
“The fall is largely due to fewer people from outside the EU arriving for work and study-related reasons, with a steep decline in the number of dependents and a continued, gradual increase in levels of emigration.
“Overall, non-EU-plus net migration has more than halved in the year ending June 2025.
“Non-EU-plus emigration is driven by Indian and Chinese nationals, who originally arrived on study visas, while nine out of 10 British people emigrating are of working age.”
Tories claim credit while Labour promise to ‘go further’
Reacting to the latest drop in net migration, Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood said: “Net migration is at its lowest level in half a decade and has fallen by more than two-thirds under this Government.
“But we are going further because the pace and scale of migration has placed immense pressure on local communities.
“Last week, I announced reforms to our migration system to ensure that those who come here must contribute and put in more than they take out.”
Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said the “days of mass low-skilled immigration must end”.
“Britain cannot keep importing pressure on public services and expect the British people to absorb the cost,” he said.
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“The fall in today’s figures is driven by the Conservative reforms we put in place on work visas, dependants, and students, but we need to go much further.
“And under a future Conservative government, only those who make a real contribution can stay permanently, and only British citizens will be eligible for benefits funded by British taxpayers.”
He also said the Tories would introduce a binding annual cap on immigration, will leave the European Convention on Human Rights and remove all people who arrive in the country illegally.
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