The Collection Hotel on Hagley Road in Edgbaston, Birmingham, is one of 20 hotels that have ceased housing asylum seekers as part of the government's pledge to restore control of the asylum system. Dayz Away Lodge in Dudley, Black Country, is also among the affected properties.
Home Office Announces Second Wave of Closures
The Home Office confirmed this week that 20 more hotels have been closed to illegal migrants and are being handed back to communities. This follows an earlier closure of 11 hotels in April. A Home Office spokesman stated: "20 more asylum hotels have shut to illegal migrants and are being handed back to communities. This is the second set of hotel closures after 11 were closed in April, saving taxpayers over £170 million this financial year."
Significant Reduction in Migrant Numbers
The number of illegal migrants housed in hotels has been slashed by more than half, falling from 56,000 to 21,000. The closures are expected to save the country hundreds of millions of pounds.
Full List of 20 Hotels Closed
- The Collection Hotel – Birmingham, West Midlands
- Dayz Away Lodge – Dudley, Black Country
- Holiday Inn Ashford Central – Ashford, Kent
- Best Western Atlantic – Chelmsford, Essex
- The Cisswood – Horsham, Sussex
- Adagio – Leicester, East Midlands
- Norwich Hotel – Norwich, Norfolk
- Allerton Court - Northallerton, North Yorkshire
- Mercure George – Reading, Berkshire
- TLK Apartments – Bromley, Greater London
- Best Western Stoke – Stoke-on-Trent, Staffordshire
- The Granby (1 The Hill) – Gravesham, Kent
- Hampton by Hilton – Bristol
- Delta Hotel Cheshunt – Broxbourne, Hertfordshire
- Episode Leamington – Leamington Spa, Warwickshire
- Oxford Witney Hotel – Oxford, Oxfordshire
- Shambrook – Bedford, Bedfordshire
- Bell hotel - Epping, Essex
- OYO Evesham hotel - Evesham, Worcestershire
- Best Western - Wembley, London
Alternative Accommodation Plans
The Home Office has also shared alternative plans to use Ministry of Defence sites. Three additional military sites—MoD Bicester, MoD Barnham, and MoD Linton-on-Ouse—are set to be used for accommodation, eventually housing up to 3,750 migrants. The spokesman added: "The extra sites will help deliver on the government’s pledge to close all hotels, handing them back to communities where they belong."
Prime Minister's Statement
Outgoing Prime Minister Keir Starmer shared the news on social media, commenting: "We are restoring control of the asylum system."
