Hotel 'closed' amid asylum seeker plans

COUNCIL CONFIRMS MIGRANTS WILL BE HOUSED IN BOROUGH IN PROCESSING PUSH

- NICOLE WOOTON-CANE

A TRAFFORD hotel has reportedly 'closed, with council bosses confirming a number of asylum seekers will be 'temporarily' housed in the borough.

The town hall says 'a number of asylum seekers' are being accommodated in the area following a Home Office decision. It follows reports of a hotel in the borough closing immediately, with all future bookings reportedly moved to alternative hotels.

Neither Trafford council nor the Home Office commented on the number of asylum seekers being housed, or the time in which the hotel is booked for.

A Home Office spokesperson said the government inherited an asylum system 'under unprecedented strain' but it is 'absolutely committed' to ending the use of hotels for asylum seekers.'