Frustrated Skegness residents have urged their local council to take legal action to protect the town’s tourism after hotels were given over to house asylum seekers. Around 200 migrants have already been placed in five hotels in Skegness, which has proved extremely controversial.
A heated public meeting on Friday, November 25, heard residents’ concerns about how the seaside resort could be permanently damaged, reported Lincolnshire Live. Now another coastal council has won a temporary injunction to protect their tourism industry, and East Lindsey District Council (ELDC) says it is watching the case closely.
Great Yarmouth Borough Council was awarded a temporary ban on more hotels being used as hostels last week, meaning the Home Office couldn’t house unprocessed asylum seekers there. It doesn’t affect those already at the resort, and a final decision will be made by the High Court next month.
