By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-10-04 05:07:34 | Updated at 2026-10-04 06:20:06
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Britain is thought to have dished out more than 1,000 hijabs to illegal migrants this year alone.
Internal Government figures show officials have been handing out 162 Muslim headscarves to so-called "asylum seekers" every month.
Home Office data unearthed by the Mail shows that between January and June, 974 hijabs were given to small boat migrants.
If that rate has continued, the total will have almost reached 1,500 by today.
A Home Office source told the newspaper it had a legal duty to provide basic clothing, including cultural and religious items, under the Short-term Holding Facility Rules.
The rules also say that migrants' cultural and religious needs "must be catered for so far as is practicable" when they stay at places like the Manston processing centre in Kent.
The source added: "All arrivals receive a basic dry clothing pack where required. The items available form part of standard welfare arrangements."
Reform UK MP Andrew Rosindell told GB News: "I don't know why we should be giving these people anything.
"They're coming in illegally, and if they're coming in illegally, we shouldn't be incentivising people by making them feel like they're getting everything given to them on a plate.
"You couldn't make it up. The British state is acting in a way that is encouraging people to come to this country.
"Don't they realise that British people have had enough? They don't want all these people coming to this country illegally.
Britain is thought to have dished out more than 1,000 hijabs to illegal migrants this year alone
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"They're tired of the asylum system being abused. The last thing we should be doing is incentivising more people to arrive."
Women's rights activists have previously sounded the alarm over the hijab.
Unlike the burka or niqab, the hijab does not cover the wearer's face.
But campaigner Kellie-Jay Keen-Minshull previously told GB News it was a "very visible tool of oppression".
The ideology behind the garment is "deeply misogynistic... (and) deeply discriminatory towards women and girls", she warned.
Unlike the burka or niqab (pictured), the hijab does not cover the wearer's face
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp told the Mail last night: "The Government must stop handing out hijabs to illegal immigrants immediately.
"It's an insult to hard-working British taxpayers that they're funding religious items for people who have broken into our country. It should not be for us to fund someone else's religious practices.
"Many illegal immigrants actually hate our values. Many come here for free accommodation and a life on benefits at our expense.
"Illegal immigrants crossing the channel are breaking into our country. They have no legitimate reason to flee France, which is clearly safe.
"That's why we must leave the European Convention on Human Rights so we can deport all illegal immigrants immediately upon arrival."
Chris Philp urged Labour to stop handing out hijabs to illegal immigrants immediately
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Clothing handouts figures also shattered claims that migrants are mostly women and children.
More than 10,000 male clothing packs were handed over - but just 2,670 packs were given to women, 773 to boys and 829 to girls.
Nearly 20,000 illegal migrants have arrived in Britain via small boat this year alone - though that figure is down by 42 per cent compared to the same period in 2025.
"We have made progress tackling the small boats. Crossings are down significantly," a Home Office spokesman said.
"We have just recorded the fewest summer arrivals since 2020."
