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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Lizzie Dearden

Government quietly awards travel firm £1.6bn contract for asylum barges and accommodation

PA Wire

An Australian travel firm previously slammed for its handling of Covid quarantine hotels has been quietly handed a £1.6bn contract covering the UK’s new asylum accommodation ships, The Independent can reveal.

Corporate Travel Management (CTM) was put in charge of the lucrative two-year arrangement in February, weeks before the government revealed it would use a barge as its first offshore accommodation for asylum seekers.

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