Illegal migrants awaiting deportation from the UK are receiving free arts and crafts classes, gym sessions and English lessons.
The perks must be offered under the terms of a £260million contract to run removal centres at Gatwick Airport.
Hundreds held at two airport immigration removal centres can also use board games, puzzles and library books.
Other perks include a "welfare buddy" to support them emotionally, free IT sessions and a £5 a week spending allowance.
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Those being held at the removal centres in Gatwick are also allowed to request specific items from the on-site shops and enjoy fresh ingredients to cook with in designated kitchens.
Detainees have the option to work too, earning a £1 an hour for cleaning, dishing up food and looking after the gym.
The terms are part of an eight-year contract for public service provider Serco.
The art classes are free to attend, and are believed to teach illegal immigrants sketching and craft skills.
Illegal migrants are given access to free art classes at the deportation centres
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The sessions take place in "comfortable and pleasant" craft rooms, according to official reports, with one of the centres having a quiet space for puzzles and board games.
Hot beverages are also available for the illegal immigrants at all times.
Centre bosses are required to run diversity and equality meetings and appoint a diversity and equality advisor to produce reports.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp described the moves as "madness".
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He said: "Illegal immigrants should be on the first plane out, not getting art classes.
"Taxpayers' money is being wasted on this nonsense.
"The Conservatives plan to come out of the European Convention on Human Rights to enable the urgent deportation of 150,000 illegal immigrants and foreign criminals each year.
"The Government must stop messing around with woke nonsense and concentrate on deporting those with no right to be here."
Chris Philp described the situation as 'madness'
| GETTYMedia campaign manager with the Taxpayers' Alliance, William Yarwood, said: "Taxpayers will be shocked to learn that illegal migrants are enjoying art classes, IT lessons, and even paid work at their expense.
"Instead of prioritising border control and removals, taxpayers' money is funding luxuries for those who shouldn't be in the country in the first place.
"This money should be redirected to securing the border and enforcing removals."
Illegal migrants stay in one of the centres on average for 47 days, in one of the 450 beds on offer for the adult males.
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