The Home Office said the use of hotels to house asylum seekers is “unacceptable”
A council will make “strong representations” to the Home Office to give more funding for the operation of a hotel where 180 asylum seekers are staying. The men are living at a hotel near Crick but the authority said it has received no funding to help accommodate their needs.
It said it wants to cut their use and “limit the burden on the taxpayer and local communities”. Coun Rosie Humphreys, WNC councillor for Braunston and Crick, said the community’s impact at the Ibis hotel had been “truly heartening” but that funding was needed to ensure volunteers helping the asylum seekers could be properly coordinated.
“There was an incredible welcome event attended by 100 asylum seekers and about as many locals, football sessions, English conversation classes, etc. But it can’t be sustained without somebody in a paid post at the hotel to liaise with the volunteers. It’s a huge strain on time to deal with the hotel,” she said.
Coun Smith said: “We receive zero funding from the Home Office but it’s a huge burden on West Northamptonshire and its residents and its voluntary sector. So I’m going to be talking to officers about making further strong representations to the Home Office.
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