The Home Office has been accused of “lying” about arrangements to house asylum seekers in a hotel in Kent despite repeated warnings that doing so would put people at risk.
Asylum seekers were due to start arriving at the hotel in Gravesham on Tuesday despite significant opposition to the plans from local councillors. They said the area was unsuitable because the hotel is in the “most deprived area in our borough”, with serious problems in the community “such as county lines [drug] activity, high levels of sexual violence and crimes”.
