The newspaper cited Conservative lawmaker Tom Hunt as saying that "at a time when lots of people are struggling to get by, to heat their homes and to put food on their tables, they are going to deeply resent people who have come here illegally being put up in three and four-star hotels".
"Due to an unprecedented rise in demand, we have had to use temporary accommodation such as hotels across the UK to manage demands. We are working to end the use of hotels in the asylum estate", the spokesperson claimed. In all, there are over 18,000 migrants in accommodation across Britain.
Clare Moseley, founder of the charity Care4Calais, described the migrants as "some of the most vulnerable people in the world, having lost family members in bloody conflicts, suffered horrific torture, and inhumane persecution".