Number of asylum seekers housed in Peterborough hotels rises
The number of asylum seekers housed in hotels in Peterborough has risen, according to Home Office figures.
This week, the Home Office has published figures that confirm, as of September 2025, there were 216 asylum seekers in hotels in the city.
The government’s previous data release in August- which ran up to June 2025 had this figure at 202.
The government has pledged to end the use of hotels for asylum seekers by the end of 2029 but the latest figures show a national rise in the numbers being housed in hotels.
There were 36,273 housed in hotels in September compared to 35,628 at the same time last year. These stats, however, do come against a backdrop of a fall in net migration to its lowest annual figure since 2021.
The historic Great Northern Hotel in the city centre was used to house around 80 asylum seekers between November 2022 before it was stood down in October 2023.
Then in November 2024, the city was informed that around 146 asylum seekers would be moved into the Dragonfly Hotel at Thorpe Meadows with the hotel remaining in use for such purpose for an unspecified period of time.
Both Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling along with Peterborough and Cambridgeshire Combined Authority Mayor Paul Bristow have previously urged the government to stand down the hotel.
Peterborough also houses 334 asylum seekers in other forms of accommodation.