Migrants ‘stay in four-star hotel rooms at £125 a night for the UK taxpayer’

Illegal migrants are staying in four-star £125-a-night hotel rooms paid for by British taxpayers as the country prepares to face spiraling energy bills amid a cost of living crisis.

More than 18,000 migrants are staying in hotels across Britain.

Tory MP Tom Hunt said housing illegal migrants in such expensive rooms would inevitably lead Britons to form a “deep resentment” towards them.

It comes as migrant crossings across the Channel tripled last year with more than 28,300 people risking their lives to reach the UK.

More than 18,000 migrants are staying in accommodation across Britain, some of them in four-star hotels

Tory MP Tom Hunt (pictured) said housing illegal migrants in fancy hotels rather than detention centers would lead Britons to resent them ‘deeply’.

While a record 28,395 migrants reached the UK illegally last year, 2021 also saw the record for the most migrants arriving in a single day, with 1,185 crossing 33 boats on November 11.

On average, 28 people were crammed into each canoe that made the perilous crossing last year.

Some councils were refusing to accommodate asylum seekers crossing the Channel, while others simply had no more space, according to data seen by the Sun.

A group of people believed to be migrants are brought to Dover, Kent, by the RNLI following a small boating incident in the English Channel on January 4

Lifeboats wearing RNLI helmets and life jackets assist a group of migrants who had illegally crossed the English Channel

A man believed to be a migrant carries a small child after they arrived in Dover, Kent, following a small boat incident in the English Channel

Mr Hunt said: ‘At a time when a lot of people are struggling to get by…they are going to resent people who have come here illegally being put up in three and four star hotels.’

The Tory MP said the UK needed to rely on immigration detention centers rather than high-end hotels for people who entered the country illegally.

The Government intends to make it a criminal offense to knowingly enter the UK illegally and plans to introduce life sentences for people smugglers who make this possible with the Nationality Bill and borders.

A record 28,395 migrants reached the UK illegally last year by taking small boats across the Channel, a 200% increase on the 2020 tally

A view of one of two areas used at a warehouse in Dover, Kent, for boats intercepted in the English Channel by the UK Border Force

As many migrants took their first steps on British soil, some seemed more excited than others

The bill will also increase the powers of border forces to stop and redirect ships.

A Home Office spokesperson said: “Due to an unprecedented increase in demand, we have had to use temporary accommodation such as hotels across the UK to manage requests.”

“We are working to end the use of hotels for asylum.”