A row has broken out in a tiny village in north Wales over plans to house hundreds of asylum seekers in a local hotel, potentially increasing the village’s population by over a quarter
, potentially increasing the village’s population by over a quarter.
Plans are under way to convert a disused hotel near the village into accommodation for roughly 150 asylum seekers, while a further 250 could be housed in modular accommodation to be built on the hotel’s grounds. “It’s a small village. We have one small corner shop. The post office closed a few years ago. There are no medical facilities, no GP or dentist or health centre or anything like that,” local resident Tracy North toldMs North said the local bus service was reduced during the pandemic and the last service from the nearest town leaves at 2.30pm, while no buses run on a Sunday.
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