A HOST of generous perks are being offered to small-boat arrivals — including discounts on martial arts classes and dinghy days out plus £1 Aston Villa match tickets for kids.
They are among dozens of farcical asylum deals uncovered in a Sun investigation.
Others include half-price on e-bikes — when Army veterans and pensioners only get a fifth off.
Among those dishing out deals is Labour -run Rotherham Council — which gives asylum seekers access to the Rothercard, aimed at helping low-earning families with bills .
Around 500 in asylum accommodation in the South Yorkshire town are believed to be eligible.
At Rother Valley Country Park’s three lakes they get a 30 per cent discount, slashing the cost of a 90-minute double-handed dinghy or sailing boat rental from £20.70 to £14.80.
A single-handed dinghy is £12.70, a third down from £16.40.
The park also offers discounted watersports including windsurfing.
The authority, where one in six live in poverty, raised council tax by three per cent this year.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said: “It’s shocking that yet another Labour Council has been offering illegal immigrants freebies – this time offering discounts for water sports and boat hires.
“You could not make it up. Hard-working Brits are subsidising perks for illegal immigrants crossing the Channel, while at the same time seeing local services cut.
“This has got to stop. The British people have had enough.
“Families are struggling to make ends meet and being slapped by huge Labour tax rises, all to pay for handouts to illegal immigrants who have flouted our border laws and never paid a penny in tax.”
Meanwhile Birmingham City Council offers £1 kids’ tickets to Aston Villa with a paying adult.
It subsidises swimming, martial arts plus courses on trampolining, golf, gymnastics and football.
And in Calderdale, West Yorks , migrants are offered £15 off a massage and discounted tickets at Bradford’s IMAX cinema.
Those living in publicly-funded accommodation can also use the Passport to Leisure card to get weekend yoga sessions and £1 off theatre tickets.
Also available is physiotherapy in Halifax, with the card scheme’s page saying migrants get £15 off an initial assessment, then a “further £5 saving for each treatment and one-hour massage”.
Ex-Tory minister Sir Alec Shelbrooke said: “I’m shocked and appalled at the blatant waste of hard-pushed taxpayers’ money when councils are declaring poverty.
“This blatant waste will appal families who, quite frankly, cannot afford to take these perks even with a discount.
“While everyone else has their benefits cut, asylum seekers are being pampered with perks at taxpayers’ expense.”
Nationwide, we can reveal an e-scooter firm offers boat migrants a 50 per cent discount — while only giving Army veterans, NHS nurses and firefighters a fifth off.
Voi scooters, which operates in cities including London and Bristol, gave migrants half-price access to passes under an “equitable access” scheme.
Users can apply online and if accepted pay as little as £7 a week.
At least one asylum hotel resident this year has been charged with dangerously driving an e-scooter.
Tory MP Sir John Hayes said: “If they are going to offer a discount scheme, surely UK veterans and pensioners should come first?
“I know what my priority would be — people who served this country and worked hard for this country all their lives.”
Swedish firm Voi has had over 21million rides on its 1,400 scooters since launching here in 2020.
The company claims to have replaced nine million car journeys with eco-friendly electric options.
Yet Voi does not offer the same 50 per cent deal to asylum seekers in France and Belgium , where thousands wait to cross to soft-touch Britain.
In the capital, Richmond council gives asylum seekers free swimming and cheaper Spanish or French lessons via a discount card.
Nearby Kingston Council has 50 per cent off leisure activities.
And Wandsworth Council, South London, has 50 per cent off e-bikes plus half-price weddings and civil partnership ceremonies at its town hall.
Our probe comes a month after French President Emmanuel Macron slammed PM Sir Keir Starmer for the migrant crisis.
He warned the UK must address “pull factors” including freebies, luxury accommodation and easy access to black market work on Just Eat or Deliveroo .
The Home Office operates around 210 migrant hotels at a cost of more than £3billion a year.
The Government has pledged to close them all by 2029 — but has opened new hotels this year.
Rotherham Borough Council said: “The Rothercard scheme offers support to all residents on low incomes. We would not generally expect asylum seekers to be accessing sports facilities like Rother Valley Country Park.
“Rothercard also helps with the costs of services like pest control and waste disposal, which we would want to ensure were available to everyone who lives here.”
Danielle Durrans, at Calderdale Council, said: “The Passport to Leisure scheme offers discounted access to sport, cultural and leisure facilities.”
She said some discounts were offered by private firms.
Voi was invited to comment.
FRENCH STOP JUST 15%
EXCLUSIVE by JULIA ATHERLEY
FRENCH police stopped just 15 per cent of small boat crossings last week despite a landmark treaty.
Home Office data shows 227 of 1,486 migrants were prevented from coming to the UK.
Around 730 of the 1,200 French officers patrolling its northern border are paid for by UK taxpayers.
Labour’s new “one-in, one-out” deal — signed by Sir Keir Starmer and Emmanuel Macron — also came into force last week.
The Government has so far refused to release the number of people detained, and none have yet been sent back to France.
Another 435 people — mainly young men — were picked up by Border Force on Saturday.
Smugglers are expected to cash in on good weather by sending thousands more across the Channel in the coming week.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said the new deal “will have no deterrent effect whatsoever”.
A Home Office spokesman said a “serious plan” is in place to take down people-smuggling gangs.
