Police have told asylum seekers not to abuse or harass women, or face being arrested. Officers from Northamptonshire Police have put together a slide show about “UK culture”, outlining that women “have the same rights as men”, and “must be treated with respect and courtesy”. It warns: “If you harass or abuse any female, you can be arrested.” Moreover, police say that “certain swear words” can “cause great insult”, and individuals should “be aware that taking photos and videos of any people without their permission can cause great offence”.

It comes as the UK’s borders watchdog has said he does not think the Government’s plan to end the use of asylum hotels by 2029 will be achieved. Home Office figures suggest that 299 migrants crossed to the UK by crossing the English Channel in 2018. This year so far, more than 18,000 migrants have arrived via the same route – a record for this point in the year since data collection began in 2018.

The Government has promised to end housing asylum seekers in hotels by 2029. (Image: Getty)

The highest year of total arrivals was 2022, at 45,774.

The Northamptonshire Police scheme uncovered by The Telegraph came after claims that young male asylum seekers were hanging around near a primary school in the county, including claims that they were filming.

The independent chief inspector of borders and immigration, David Bolt, told a committee of peers that there is not enough housing stock to deal with the number of people in the asylum system, and also questioned the “ability to smash the gangs”.

Mr Bolt detailed a “significant increase” in the number of refusals, which in turn has led to an increase in the number of appeals over the last year.

He said: “And so the numbers within asylum system [are] not very tractable, they’re very large numbers and it’s very hard to see how they’re going to be reduced significantly even over the length of Parliament.”

Sir Keir Starmer has signalled that countries which did not do enough to tackle the irregular migration crisis, for example by taking back failed asylum seekers, could face repercussions in the numbers of visas issued to their citizens.

Speaking to reporters at the G7 summit in Canada earlier this month, the Prime Minister said: “It’s a serious challenge that requires serious responses to it.”