The 13 closures are expected to save taxpayers £51million - and bring the total number of migrant hotels below 160, the Home Office said. But the number of asylum seekers living in Britain is at its highest level ever. Today, every single council area in the North and Yorkshire is home to asylum seekers, while fifth of councils in the South East and South West have no asylum seekers at all. It is home to the Prince and Princess of Wales, the Beckhams, and billionaires from around the world - but no migrant HMOs. But with tens of thousands of migrants in dispersal accommodation, it remains unclear whether the "HMO issues" will be immediately solved.