Fury as migrants offered £340 worth of days out at popular attractions for just £30 in ‘two-tier’ system

Fury as migrants offered £340 worth of days out at popular attractions for just £30 in ‘two-tier’ system

MIGRANTS can enjoy days out that would cost hard-pressed families up to £340 for just £30, a Sun investigation can reveal. We found 21 attractions, ranging from a cathedral and royal botanic gardens, to museums, theatres and swimming pools, which offer free or heavily discounted entry to asylum seekers. Free or heavily discounted entry to popular attractions is being offered to asylum seekers Credit: PA Migrants can get free entry to Canterbury Cathedral, where an adult ticket costs up to £18.50 Credit: PA:Press Association/PA Images The combined cost of a single adult ticket at every venue is £337, but the total for a migrant is just £28 — a massive effective discount of 92 per cent. Most of the savings are accessed using a Home Office-issued Application Registration Card. Sign up for The Sun newsletter Thank you! The card allows migrants free entry to Canterbury Cathedral, where an adult ticket costs up to £18.50. Kew Gardens in South West London offers entry for 85p while most other visitors must pay £24.50. READ MORE ON MIGRANT CRISIS In Bath the city’s Roman Baths are free for migrants under its Sanctuary Programme and £33 for others. Museums in Bristol and Oxford are also free, as are some Nottingham theatres. Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “It is so unfair. Why should asylum seekers get freebies at the expense of the taxpayer?” “We must leave the ECHR so we can deport all illegal immigrants within a week of arrival. Most read in The Sun Kew Gardens in South West London offers entry for 85p while most other visitors must pay £24.50 Credit: Image Bank – Getty Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp slammed the move as ‘so unfair’ Credit: Getty “It is a shame the Labour Government is too weak to do this.” Rob Bates, of the Centre for Migration Control, added: “This is yet more proof that we live in a two-tier society that prioritises illegal migrants over British citizens. “The chance to enjoy a subsidised summer of fun is yet another reason why migrants are choosing to break into our country. “These kinds of pull factors need to end if we want the boats to stop. “Channel migrants enjoy free days out and perks, whilst the British taxpayer is forced to pay through the nose to access their own country’s cultural sites.”

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