Illegal migrants housed in taxpayer-funded hotels are being provided with free condoms by the National Health Service, the Daily Express can reveal. The disclosure comes days after this paper exposed that the Home Office was teaching migrants not to rape women.
Contraceptives are now being sent to hotels housing immigrants at no cost to them by local health authorities. NHS England confirmed that it provided free condoms to all asylum seekers living at the taxpayer's expense as part of its usual services.
Critics condemn policy as waste of money
Critics rounded on the policy, with campaigners calling it a ridiculous waste of money and urging the government to stop it. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said British taxpayers were "funding contraception for illegal immigrants while British people can’t even get a dentist appointment."
He added: "More than 93,000 people are now being housed at the taxpayer’s expense, and the number crammed into dispersal accommodation has climbed by 12 per cent under Labour. Illegal immigrants should be deported."
Tax campaigners and politicians react
John O'Connell, chief executive of the TaxPayers' Alliance, said: "Brits are paying billions for processing, accommodation and freebies provided to foreign criminals who have broken into our country. There should be no taxpayer-funded perks for those who break the law and bypass our borders."
Conservative Assembly Member Susan Hall, who has protested against the housing of migrants in hotels, said: "Taxpayers will not understand why they are funding such a ridiculous waste of money at a time when our NHS is already under pressure. Measures like this reveal how the costs of housing asylum seekers in hotels adds up to eyewatering amounts, and how utterly inappropriate our current asylum system is. People will be outraged at this ludicrous waste of money, and I do not see why sexual health provisions for asylum seekers must come at taxpayers' expense."
NHS defends provision
An NHS spokesperson said: "The NHS provides contraception services for free to all, which includes asylum seekers, through sexual health clinics, most pharmacies, and some GP practices. The NHS is legally obliged to offer healthcare services to asylum seekers."
Last week an investigation by this paper exposed that the British government is having to tell asylum seekers that "men and women are equal" in this country. Leaflets handed to illegals also stated that it was not legal to rape women, beat them, or have sex with children.
