Nigel Farage has expressed dismay at complaints from asylum seekers housed in Wakefield hotels, revealed through questionnaires by the Wakefield District Health and Care Partnership.
"One migrant complained there were no cigarettes in the room, poor baby!" Nigel said on GB News. "Another said they want to be close to their cousin in Halifax. Another said they have a problem with the food."
The Reform UK leader questioned the priorities, asking: "Are we offering these surveys to homeless people who served in the Armed Forces? To hell we are."
He concluded his criticism with exasperation: "God help us, what are we doing?"
Nigel Farage was left astonished by the revelation
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Nigel also highlighted wasteful spending on accommodation in Yorkshire, pointing to a high-end student housing facility in Huddersfield that has stood empty for more than a year.
"The Government took out a lease and paid £7million," he told GB News viewers. "They hoped it could take 700 asylum seekers but it has remained empty for over a year, which I find astonishing."
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The purpose-built accommodation was intended to house hundreds of young men crossing the English Channel, yet remains vacant despite what Farage described as "a desperate need for accommodation for these thousands of young men."
Reform UK's efficiency unit has uncovered taxpayer-funded activities for asylum seekers including rugby training sessions with Featherstone Rovers and "digital inclusion workshops".
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PAZia Yusuf, who leads the party's "Doge" project, criticised the treatment of migrants as customers. "These are not 'customers'," he said. "They are paid for by taxpayers, in many cases here illegally."
He highlighted the lack of consultation with local residents: "The worst part is that local taxpaying residents are never consulted. In fact, they are blocked from having a voice before people are deposited in their area."
"It's time to put British people first," Yusuf declared.
The survey findings follow broader patterns of preferential treatment for migrants accessing taxpayer-funded services. In January, migrants received "priority access to NHS facilities" whilst "hard-working British people are waiting weeks for GP appointments and hours on end in A&E," according to Richard Tice.
Demands include moving nearer to a cousin in Halifax
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William Yarwood from the TaxPayers' Alliance condemned the situation: "It's outrageous that illegal migrants in hotels are treated like VIP 'customers' while taxpayers struggle daily."
Former Reform MP Rupert Lowe revealed the Department of Health could not provide data on illegal migrants accessing NHS care. "WHY NOT?!" he demanded.
The revelations follow recent findings that Kent taxpayers funded TV licences and cinema trips for illegal migrants.
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