Windsor MP Jack Rankin will be leading a Westminster Hall debate on Tuesday over the continued use of asylum hotels, following controversy over the reopening of The Manor Hotel in Datchet.
The Tory blasted Labour in an interview with GB News and said that “Labour promised they would fix” the issue.
The debate comes after the Home Office gave less than 24 hours’ notice before housing “up to 85 single adult male” migrants in the hotel last October.
The Manor Hotel, located in the small village of Datchet, had previously been returned to public use at the start of 2024 under the Conservative government.
Jack Rankin will be leading a debate later in the week
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“We need to remove that pot of gold at the end of the rainbow. And that’s what the Rwanda deterrent was all about.”
He added: “We’ve gone backwards. The Labour Party said they would close these hotels. I understand they’ve opened 14 in the six months that they’ve been in office.
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“Now a third of MPs are being impacted, a third of constituents across the UK. And if you come to Datchet , in my constituency it is a little village, 4000 people, it’s on the north bank of the Thames.
“It’s got that quintessential green, the pub, the church.
“It’s only 1.5 miles from the castle, that’s where the king lives. That’s where the Prince and Princess of Wales live.
“So if they’re in communities like mine, they’re in almost every community in this country and they’re affecting the NHS.”
Migrants have been staying in hotels
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A Home Office spokesman defended the Government’s actions, stating: “We are determined to restore order to the asylum system so that it operates swiftly, firmly and fairly.”
The spokesperson added that they have returned 16,400 people “who had no right to be in the UK since the election.”
Dame Angela Eagle told MPs the issue “can’t be solved overnight” due to “the size of the backlog we inherited from the party opposite”.
The Tory blasted Labour in an interview with GB News
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Tim Naor Hilton, chief executive of Refugee Action, described the situation as a “crisis” affecting both asylum seekers and local communities.
“At the sharp end are those of us on a long waiting list for a home or sat in emergency housing, or people seeking asylum who are placed in a cramped hotel room,” he said.
The debate is scheduled for Tuesday January 21 between 4:.0pm and 5.30pm.
