Claim: The cost of housing illegal migrants in hotels is £5-6 million a day.
Fact-check: Housing asylum seekers in hotels costs around £8 million a day - Full Fact
Verdict: this appears to be an out-of-date figure. the home office says that as of the end of june the cost of hotel accommodation for asylum seekers had risen to £8.3 million a day.
Organisation: Full Fact
Author: Nasim Asl
Date published: 2023-09-29T00:00:00