UK: Urgent review ordered into Asylum Seeker taxi costs

BBC ^ | Sep 24 | BBC

[RandFan]

The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis to transfer asylum seekers from their hotels to appointments.

The move by Shabana Mahmood follows a BBC investigation that found some migrants having to travel long distances on journeys costing hundreds of pounds.

One asylum seeker told the BBC he had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP (Doctor), with the driver telling him the cost to the Home Office was £600 ($800!!).

Asylum seekers are issued with a bus pass for one return journey per week, but for any other necessary travel, such as a doctors' appointment, taxis are called.

The BBC asked the government how much it spends on taxi travel for asylum seekers via a Freedom of Information Act request, but the Home Office said it does not keep these figures.

[RandFan]

Another day, another scandal...

[Telepathic Intruder]

Lucky for them the British tax paying citizens are paying for their own invasion.

[Adder]

Britain will either become one big prison for the native population or they will rise and eject the scum and rot that has infested them.
Right now, they are going the prison route with the police actively supporting the corrupt government. Its horrible to watch BUT: they voted for Labor in a huge way.
Elections have consequences.

[Herakles]

The only reason that there hasn’t been a revolution is because the citizens aren’t allowed to have guns!

[mewzilla]

Meanwhile...

Basil the Great
@Basil_TGMD

This is why Katie Hopkins was confronted by the British Police

She referred to herself as a spaz

Apparently this is a hate crime against herself or something

We live in very dark times in the UK

3:47 AM · Sep 24, 2025 25.2K Views

https://x.com/Basil_TGMD/status/1970756917674090638

[rbg81]

Mind boggling. Explains the strict gun control in the UK.

[rbg81]

Of course, in the US, the taxpayers were paying for NGOs actively working on destroying our way of life too. Good thing Trump exposed it and put a stop to it.

[RandFan]

And you know why we have to be careful .

[RandFan]

If something really gets to me I post ‘NO COMMENT’ mostly borne out of frustration. There is no First Amendment remember so unless I want a knock at the door I best mind it

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“”””The home secretary has ordered an urgent review into the use and cost of taxis to transfer asylum seekers from their hotels to appointments.””””

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Before WW2 this would be like the Brits having German Soldiers living in British hotels.

What can go wrong when alien enemies are treated like VIPs.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

“””Of course, in the US, the taxpayers were paying for NGOs actively working on destroying our way of life too. Good thing Trump exposed it and put a stop to it.”””

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At this point Trump Team has exposed SOME of the corrupt NGOs and the Trump Team has made SOME progress in stopping the funding of those NGO’s.

[mewzilla]

And you know why we have to be careful.

Hmmmm...

Nope.

SSDD here.

Same speech, different day with me.

That's just the way I roll. :-)

[mewzilla]

I’ve been banned on Twitter/X for six years now.

Note the timing.

I never self-censored.

I also never violated there terms of service.

Didn’t matter.

Be careful if you want.

I refuse.

[JoeVortex]

I read this article and thought this is perfectly consistent with everything else that is going on in Britain. Then the following quote popped into my head. It is from Ernest Hemingway's 1926 novel "The Sun Also Rises":

"How did you go bankrupt?" Bill asked.

"Two ways," Mike said. "Gradually and then suddenly."

My Spidey sense tells me things are going to start happening a lot more suddenly before too long.

[Gritty]

One asylum seeker told the BBC he had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP (Doctor), with the driver telling him the cost to the Home Office was £600 ($800!!)

It is not hard to imagine British mosques packed with Muzzies sitting around and roaring with laughter at the stupid Infidel Brits they are replacing and reviewing the proper techniques for beheading.

[VanShuyten]

The irony in all this is that the drivers and cab companies are all Pakis.

[ridesthemiles]

ANY DECENT ACCOUNTING SYSTEM HAS THOSE RECORDS.

IF NECESSARY-—GO TO THE RECORDS OF THE VARIOUS TAXI COMPANIES.

THIS ISN’T EXACTLY ROCKET SCIENCE

[aquila48]

“One asylum seeker told the BBC he had taken a 250-mile journey to visit a GP (Doctor), with the driver telling him the cost to the Home Office was £600 ($800!!).

Asylum seekers are issued with a bus pass for one return journey per week, but for any other necessary travel, such as a doctors’ appointment, taxis are called. “

If this isn’t insanity I don’t know what is! And this doesn’t even mention the free housing, food, medical care, etc.

[rbg81]

Yes, good point. Never assume you got them all!