// Have you got anything to support your assumption?//
Perhaps I can help a little. This article explains how many asylum seekers were “languishing” in hotels at the end of 2021:
https://reliefweb.int/report/united-kingdom-great-britain-and-northern-ireland/lives-hold-experiences-people-hotel-asylum-accommodation?
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“The use of hotel accommodation for people seeking asylum almost trebled in 2021, leaving thousands of families with limited access to vital health, legal and other support services. The situation – which saw a staggering 26,380 people living in temporary hotel accommodation by the end of that year”…”
Of course that number will have increased dramatically since the end of last year.
This article will give you some idea of the type of accommodation the Home Office’s agent is seeking:
https://www.kentonline.co.uk/sandwich/news/1m-to-house-asylum-seekers-at-our-hotel-its-absurd-277153/
“Richard Martin, of the Blazing Donkey Country Hotel in Ham, near Sandwich, was approached by an agency which said it was acting on behalf of the Home Office. He says he was offered £1,080,000 and a guarantee of 100% occupancy for 12 months at the hotel, which recently won a prestigious AA rosette for its food and service.”
I know the Blazing Donkey. I stayed there for a wedding a couple of years ago. Mr Martin says the idea that he should turn his hotel (24 rooms IIRC) over to asylum seekers was absurd. It would mean letting down his staff and, most importantly, his customers. It would mean the cancellation of about 100 weddings. I quite agree with him and admire him for turning down the opportunity to see his business trashed beyond recovery.
For those wanting to know why tax increases were announced today, a quick calculation reveals that, assuming the Home Office would be outrageous enough to compel two asylum seekers to share a room, it would cost just shy of £500 pw (£25,000 pa) to accommodate each occupant of the Blazing Donkey in the manner to which I’m quite sure they would quickly become accustomed.