UK Government to close 50 migrant hotels the government is set to confirm plans to end the use of 50 hotels to house migrants by January.

Records were broken in March when 400 hotels were used to house asylum seekers.

A new plan to terminate hotel contracts that cost the taxpayer £8 million per day will be announced on Tuesday by Immigration Minister Robert Jenrick.

There have been frequent criticisms of the cost, and ministers have promised to reduce the government’s reliance on hotels.

According to data from the Home Office, the number of asylum seekers in the UK has increased exponentially, reaching a near-20-year high of 74,751 last year.

During the processing of asylum claims, the Home Office has a statutory duty to house asylum seekers who would otherwise be destitute.

The number of asylum seekers processing their applications reached a record high of 175,000 in August.

By the end of this year, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has set a target for clearing the so-called legacy backlog. The government has since doubled the number of people processing asylum applications to 2,500.

For the asylum backlog to be cleared, Labour has called for 1,000 more caseworkers to be hired.

Recently, hotels in Northampton and Kettering – potential Labour target areas at the next election – have stopped housing migrants.

It is believed that only a small number of migrants remain in some countries.

To reduce hotel bills, some migrants have also been relocated on the Bibby Stockholm barge.

Migrants will be housed on barges in the coming months, according to ministers.