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A former travel agent from the United Kingdom managed to make £2.19 million (AU$4.035m) last year by winning a government contract to house refugees.
'Chris' was transferred to Newquay, Cornwall in November and is staying in a hotel while waiting for his claim to be processed.
LONDON: A former travel agent made £2.19 million ($2.7 million) in 2022 from winning UK government contracts to house migrants in hotels, the Daily Mail reported on Monday. Debbie Hoban is one of the most prominent private-sector chiefs profiting from the UK’s crippling refugee crisis. Her Leeds-based company, Calder Conferences, made more than £6 million last year, primarily
Debbie Hoban was paid £2.19m last year alone, up nearly tenfold from just £230,000 in 2021, and is now one of the most prominent private firm bosses making huge sums of money out of the crisis.
Asylum seekers staying at the three-star Grosvenor Hotel in Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, told of their unhappiness about their living arrangements. 'It's awful here,' one Iraqi mother said.