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18th November 2022
03:55pm GMT

Matt Warman, the MP for Skegness and Boston, said the situation was the result of the immigration system "creaking at the seams" and the town was "not the best place" for asylum seekers to be housed in hotel accomodation.
Allen bought her hotel 18 months ago and said the business was struggling, but added: "We'll plough through and if we fall on the ground and hit rock bottom, that will be it. We will never, ever, ever accept the money."
The Home Office has previously said that the use of hotels to accommodate asylum seekers is "unacceptable" but is having to be used as a "short-term solution."Serco, which is contracted by the government to provide accommodation for the asylum seekers entering the UK, said the use of hotels is a "last resort".
Jenni Halliday, the company's contract director for asylum accommodation, said: "With the significant increases in the number of people arriving in the UK we have been faced with no alternative but to temporarily accommodate some asylum seekers in hotels.
"These hotels are only used as a last resort but as a provider of accommodation services on behalf of the Home Office we have a responsibility to find accommodation for the asylum seekers that are being placed in our care.
"The Serco team is working extremely hard to move people into dispersed social housing as rapidly as possible."
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