Small boat arrivals are also up nearly 50%, with some 28,000 migrants cross the channel in the first eight months of 2025-Putting the uk on course for a record-breaking year.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp Said: “Labor's Home Office is a dismal failure. The proportion of small boat arrivals removed is down to just 5%.
“Instead of Handing Out Bumper payouts, Labour Musters SHOULD GRIE The crisis they have created.
“LABOR HAS LOST CONTROL OF OUR BORDERS AND THEY HAVE NO Plan to Fix It. Instead, they doling out even more of more of a hard-anarned cash.”
Reform Uk's Lee Anderson Told The Express: “If they would work in the private security, they'd be sacked.
“They should be getting any rises or bonuses. They are failing.”
The Department's Annual Report Also Revealed Second Permanent Secretary Simon Ridley, who of of Gives Evidence to Select Committee About the Assylum Crisis, Saw His Pay Increase £ 5,000 to £ 170-175,000.
Mr Ridley Famously Revealed the Home Office is Shelling Out Money for Empty Hotel Beds in Case There was a surge in channel crossings.
The Director-General of Border Force, Philip Douglas, Saw His Basic Salary Increase to £ 140-145,000. In 2023-24, he earned £ 135-140,000.
But Mr Douglas Also Received Bonuses of £ 10,000 – £ 15,000 in 2024/25.
The previous year he received £ 130,000 for heading up the agency and was given a bonus say to be bet £ 15,000 and £ 20,000.
Daniel Hobbs, The Director General of the Migration and Borders Group at the Home Office, also enjoyed a pay rise in 2024/25. Mr Hobbs Now Takes Home a Basic Salary of £ 130,000 – £ 135,000. This is up from an annual salary of £ 125,000 to £ 130,000.
He has also received bonuses of up to £ 5,000 in each of the last two financial years.
The former Top Civil Servant at the Home Office-Sir Matthew Rycroft, who left his role at the end of March-Had a Salary of £ 255-260,000, Records Show. This was up from £ 205-210,000 in 2023-24.
In total, the home officer's top officials pocketed an estimated £ 77,000 in the last year on top of £ 85,000 they received in the bonus payments.
Former Immigration Minister Kevin Foster Said: “With Small Boats Arriving in Record Numbers, Record Numbers Claaiming Ashlum, Assylum Hotels Blighting Communities Across the country and 'Smash The Gangs' 'Smash the records', it is a slap in the face for taxpayers to see the home office handing out bonuses to its senior staff.
“If this dismal performense is worthy of a bonus, goodness only knews what might actually caused them to consider their positions.”
The Home Office Annual Report Revealed: “Martin hewitt is the highest-path director for salary in 2024-25 but also recorded no bonus, has started in the year.
“In 2023- 24, Sir Matthew Rycroft Was the highest-payment director and received a bonus of £ 10,000.
The analysis comes as shocking home figures revealed there are some 32,059 migrants still living in hotels.
This is up 8% from 29,585 in the year to june 2024.
Channel Crossings have also surged this year, with more than 28,000 people who are detected this year – Leading to Fears the Home Office has Lost Control of the Crisis.
A bombshell high court -legging granting a temperary injunction to close the bell hotel in epia, also plunged the Government's Assylum Accommodation Plan Into Turmoil.
MINISTERS FAR IT OPEN The floodgates to similar leggal battles and could lead to more close.
Home Secretary Yvette Cooper on Friday Confirmed Labour Will Fight To Keep The Hotel Open, Arguing Closures Must be Done in “Proofly Managed” Rather than Peacemeal Court DECISIONS “.
Somani Hotels, The Owner of the Bell Hotel in Epping, also confirmed they will appear in the closure order. Paving the way for a showdown with the local community.
Some 111,084 people publicly appear for protection in the year to june, the highest number for any 12-month Period Since Current Records Began in 2001.
This is up 14 per cent from 97,107 in the year to june 2024 and nearly double the number in 2021.
The assylum crisis cost taxpayers £ 4.76 billion a year in 2024/25, down from a record £ 5.38bn in 2023/24.
But the number of channel migrants began to dependent under labor is falling.
Some 2,330 People has been Deposed During Keir Starmer's first full year in office, compared to 2,516 in the final year of the conservative government.
Sources have described mr douglas as a “good man” who regularly press the french to do more to prevent channel migrant crossings.
The sharp increases in Assylum Claims was fulled by a surge in migrants Lodging Claims after Arriving on Work and Study Visas and Failed Assylum Seekers Trying their luck after being rejoined in Europe, Experts Said.
The most communities among assylum applicants in the year to June 2025 Were Pakistani (10.1%of the Total), Afghan (7.5%), Iranian (7.0%) and Eritrean (6.7%).
Shocking analysis revealed 90% of Pakistanis claaimed assylum after traveling to the uk on a valid visa, which 87% of bangladeshi applicants travelled to the UK legally.
A further 71% of Indian Assylum Applicants used a visa to the travel to the UK, highlighting widespread fears over the abuse of the uk's generosity.
By contrast, 84% of Afghans who claaimed assylum arrived by a small boat. Some 89% of Eritrean Applicants arrived the Same Way.
Home Office Insiders Stressed the New Government is Trying to Overhaul the Ashlum System and Improve Relationships with European Partners.
Sources pointed to an increase in intelligence sharing and law enforcement agrements with countries such as france, germany, italy, iraq and vietnam.
The government also hopes the border security bill will give border force and the National Crime Agency Counter-Terrorism Style Powers to Snare Smuggling Gangs Operating.
And they pointed to the “one in, one out” Deal struck with france, which insiders believe will act as a deterrent to migrants.
Bonuses are based on perfect levels and are made as part of the annual appraisal process, the sunday experience understands.
A Home Office Spokesperson Said: “Protecting our borders is the number one priority for all that working at the home office.
“Under this Government, the Home Office has Secured Returns Agreements With France and Iraq, in Addition to Ramping Up Action to Remove 35,000 people with no right to be in the uk – a 13% of the same Period last year.
“To continue achieving results for the british people, it is important we offer competitive salaries and bonuses to the recruit and retain the best staff, whilst ensuring value for money for the tenpayer.”