You Won’t Believe the Simple Fix to End the Asylum Hotel Chaos – Kevin Foster Reveals All

Former Immigration Minister Kevin Foster argues that the UK should take inspiration from President Trump’s approach to managing the southern border crisis in the U.S

. He believes the UK’s current asylum system is failing, with asylum hotels symbolizing this failure. These hotels, used to house asylum seekers, have become a costly and long-term solution that frustrates both the public and government officials.

Foster describes a scenario where struggling hotel owners benefit from government contracts to house migrants. When a hotel owner agrees to work with the Home Office, all rooms are booked for months, with payments guaranteed by taxpayers.

The cost per asylum seeker per night in these hotels ranges from £100 to £150, covering accommodation, food, and services. Some hotels have been used for this purpose for years, turning asylum accommodation into a business opportunity.

He points out that one former caravan park owner became a billionaire through Clearsprings Ready Homes, a company contracted by the Home Office for migrant housing.

He argues that the overuse of asylum hotels results from multiple failures: a legal obligation to house asylum seekers, a housing market under pressure, an overwhelmed system, and rising numbers of small boat arrivals. Alternatives, like large accommodation centers modeled after those in Greece, are rarely welcomed by local communities. Unlike Greek officials, who can approve such centers with a simple order, UK planning processes make it difficult to establish them.

Foster believes reducing the backlog of asylum claims would help, but current methods—such as fast-tracking approvals—only encourage more migrants to come. Meanwhile, local councils are left struggling with housing pressures.

He points out that both the left and right in politics want to end the use of asylum hotels, but without real policy changes, the problem won’t go away. He argues that the high cost of housing and processing migrants led to the introduction of the Rwanda plan, which aims to disrupt human smuggling networks by offering migrants resettlement in Rwanda instead of the UK.

According to Foster, a real solution to the small boats crisis is needed—one that mirrors the strict border policies Trump is enforcing in the U.S. He believes the UK must take similar steps to bring down costs, reduce asylum claim backlogs, and stop the dependence on hotels for migrant accommodation.