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

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

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Work and Pensions Secretary Pat McFadden said the Home Office was correct to launch a review after it emerged asylum seekers were being given long-distance taxi rides to attend…