A Newport hotel is reportedly being used to house asylum seekers. WalesOnline understands that the Home Office recently began using the hotel to house people applying for asylum in the UK.
The hotel, which is in Newport and is not being named for security reasons, is reported to be no longer be open to the public and it is no longer possible to book a room there online. It is understood some staff at the hotel were recently made redundant and that the Home Office has taken over its management.
An asylum seeker is someone who has been forcibly displaced and might have fled their home country because of war or other factors harming them or their family. They are often vulnerable and targeted by criminal gangs and traffickers.
