UK Cost of Illegal Immigration Rises to £4 Billion in 12 Months

A view of the scene outside the Comfort Inn hotel on Belgrave Road in Pimlico, central London, on June 2, 2023. James Manning/PA Wire

The cost to the UK of managing the illegal immigrant influx has almost doubled in a year to £3.97 billion—a rise of £1.85 billion within 12 months.

The figure—released among immigration statistics on Aug. 24—is almost quadruple that of Home Office spending on illegal migration a decade ago, which was £500.2 million in 2013.