New Asylum Numbers Show Labour Face Nightmare Trying To Achieve Key Election Pledge

A small boat heads off in to the English Channel after picking up migrants at sunrise on July 02, 2025 in Gravelines, France. Labour’s election manifesto could not have been any clearer.The party would, it promised, “end asylum hotels, saving the taxpayer billions of pounds”.Thirteen months on, and that ambition seems as far away as ever.New figures released on Thursday by the Home Office show that the number of asylum seekers in hotels has gone up by 8% from 29,585 to 32,059 over the past year.The exact number of hotels being used has not been released, but it is understood to be around 210 – roughly the same number as when Labour came to power, albeit well down on the peak of more than 400 under the Tories.However, it is another set of statistics which will really worry Labour chiefs.The total number of asylum applications in the year to June hit a record high of 111,084, driven largely by the soaring number of small boat crossings over the same period.Shadow home secretary Chris Philp said: “This is a migration crisis, and the weak Labour government is making it worse. More crossings, more migrants in hotels and fewer removals - Labour has lost control of Britain’s borders.”Reform UK leader Nigel Farage added: “Under Labour we now have record numbers claiming asylum. The vast majority should never qualify and most will cost the taxpayer a huge sum of money. “Our streets are becoming more dangerous yet this disaster gets worse. The public are right to be very angry with both Labour and the Tories for what they have done to us.”There was a shaft of light for the government among the gloomy numbers, however.The backlog of asylum applications had fallen to 90,812 by the end of June, the first time it has been below 100,000 in four years.Returning those whose applications are rejected to their countries of origin should mean that fewer will need to be housed in temporary accommodation, reducing the demand for hotels.Home secretary Yvette Cooper said: “The action we have taken in the last 12 months – increasing returns of failed asylum seekers by over 30%, cutting asylum costs by 11%, reducing the backlog by 18% and our forthcoming plans to overhaul the failing asylum appeal system – are crucial steps to restoring order and putting an end to the chaotic use of asylum hotels that we inherited from the previous government.”New polling by YouGov shows that more voters blame the Tories for the use of asylum hotels (28%) than Labour (19%).Nevertheless, it is now Labour’s job to make good on its election promises and close the hotels for good.Unless the record number of asylum applications starts to fall, and soon, any hope the party has of doing so by the next election will evaporate.Related...BBC Presenter Skewers Chris Philp As He Brutally Exposes Tory Asylum Hotel HypocrisyWhy Ministers Could Be Placed In An Impossible Legal Situation By Asylum Hotel RulingA High Court Ruling Has Thrown The Government's Asylum Policy Into Chaos. Here's How

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