The Home Office has refused to disclose how much is spent on taxis for asylum seekers
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The Home Office has refused to disclose how much is spent on taxis for asylum seekers
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The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis ferrying asylum seekers between hotels and to and from medical appointments.
Ms Mahmood said the Government is working with providers to introduce alternatives
Move, which is part of crackdown on costs, comes after it emerged Home Office spends £15.8m a year on service
Migrants were not offered the option to travel by public transport, or to walk, and that taxis were booked by an automated…
A failed asylum seeker in an unnamed hotel used by the Home Office said he had been sent on a 250-mile, £600 taxi ride for a knee…
Hotel accommodation for asylum-seekers strips money from the aid budget and threatens the health of people seeking safety,…
Record 110,000 people claimed asylum in the UK in the past year
