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 check-up.

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 check-up.

Migrants were not offered the option to travel by public transport, or to walk, and that taxis were booked by an automated system, a report found

The Home Office has refused to disclose how much is spent on taxis for asylum seekers