Mansfield's MP has expressed frustration after he says residents being provided with temporary accommodation were removed from a hotel so asylum seekers could be housed there instead. Leader of Nottinghamshire County Council Ben Bradley says the hotel in Mansfield is not the "right place" for asylum seekers and that a different system is needed by the Home Office to house them.
On Sunday, November 13, Mansfield District Council received a request from the Home Office to use the hotel, which cannot be named for legal reasons, as a temporary base, whilst the asylum seekers’ claims are processed. However Ben Bradley, who also leads Nottinghamshire County Council, claims that the asylum seekers have been in the building since Saturday, November 12.
Mr Bradley has expressed his frustration and claimed people who were using the hotel as temporary accommodation have now presented to the council as homeless. The MP told the Local Democracy Reporting Service: “It’s incredibly frustrating.
