Migrants housed in asylum hotels have described being sent hundreds of miles by cab for medical appointments, at huge cost to the taxpayer. A failed asylum seeker in an unnamed hotel used by the Home Office told the BBC he had been sent on a 250-mile, £600 taxi ride for a knee check-up. Other migrants in hotels visited by the broadcaster said they were working in Britain, despite being barred from taking employment. The taxi journeys take place because when migrants move between hotels they sometimes keep the same NHS doctors, the broadcaster said. Despite increasing numbers, Labour has said it will close all migrant hotels by 2029.