Migrant living in asylum hotel 'sent in £600 taxi for NHS appointment'

Migrants housed in asylum hotels have described being sent hundreds of miles by cab for medical appointments, at huge cost to the taxpayer.

A failed asylum seeker in an unnamed hotel used by the Home Office told the BBC he had been sent on a 250-mile, £600 taxi ride for a knee check-up.

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood asked officials to 'urgently look into' the use of taxis after the claims emerged.

Other migrants in hotels visited by the broadcaster said they were working in Britain, despite being barred from taking employment.

One Iraqi man, identified by the pseudonym ‘Kadir’ to protect his identity, said he would have preferred to have gone to his NHS appointment by train.