Government struggles to slash foreign aid spent on asylum hotels
The vast majority is used for the accommodation for asylum seekers who have arrived in the UK, with recent figures showing more than 32,000 were being housed in hotels at the end of March.
has pledged " to end the use of asylum hotels " and the government says it has reduced the overall asylum support costs by half a billion pounds, including £200m in ODA savings, which had been passed back to the Treasury.
Prime Minister Sir has said he will cut the overall ODA from its current level of 0.5% of gross national income (GNI) to 0.3% in 2027.
is supposed to be spent on providing humanitarian and development assistance in other countries, but the UK is allowed to count refugee-hosting costs as ODA under internationally agreed rules.
Labour MP Sarah Champion previously said a " scandalously large amount " of ODA has been diverted to the Home Office and has called for a cap on how much can be spent supporting asylum seekers and refugees in the UK.
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