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Breaking news Diss hotel refuses to take single men boat people

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Sarnia Thu 24-Jul-25 11:29:34

pably15

certainly here illegaly, and what other country would allow them in without a passport

No other country! Macron told Starmer we are too soft on migrants. They live in tents in France but get comfy hotels here. No wonder they want to come here.

Mt61 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:28:45

Sarnia

A couple of years ago a hotel owner in Skegness refused the £500.000 enticement from the Government to house migrants. He said that post Covid, when they were struggling to get on their feet, local people supported them by booking functions, eating in the restaurant and having drinks in the bar. He was not prepared to cancel wedding receptions etc just to house migrants. Good for him. I daresay £500,000 would have been a lifeline for him but he has scruples. We need more like him.

Good for him 👏👏👏👏

Sarnia Thu 24-Jul-25 11:27:27

karmalady

Jaxjacky

They are all asylum seekers Primrose not illegal immigrants.

Don`t delude yourself because you want to live in a comfortable delusional bubble.

Those young men are illegal and most are just migrants and certainly not asylum seekers.

Genuine asylum seekers follow the process. Rubber boat people do not therefore are not asylum seekers.

rosie1959 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:27:08

Regardless of their title I am not particularly happy with large amounts of single males being allowed into the country. I am pretty sure I am not alone in thinking this.
Our local hotel also refused to take migrants even though it would have been very profitable for him but he knew the towns people would not be happy.

Calendargirl Thu 24-Jul-25 11:27:00

No problem pably.

Sarnia Thu 24-Jul-25 11:25:18

A couple of years ago a hotel owner in Skegness refused the £500.000 enticement from the Government to house migrants. He said that post Covid, when they were struggling to get on their feet, local people supported them by booking functions, eating in the restaurant and having drinks in the bar. He was not prepared to cancel wedding receptions etc just to house migrants. Good for him. I daresay £500,000 would have been a lifeline for him but he has scruples. We need more like him.

pably15 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:23:54

sorry calendargirl, we must have been posting at the same time

Grandmadinosaur Thu 24-Jul-25 11:22:43

Mt61

If that’s the case, not use hotels, why now have they taken over the Britannia hotel in London? According to one bloke this morning, turned up for his stay that was booked, was turned away! Apparently they are still taking bookings!
I’ve stayed at that hotel in the 2000s, it was a lovely hotel from what I can remember.

This morning I was looking at short breaks to London after getting an e mail from the travel company. They use a hotel at Canary Wharf. Then the same hotel is in the headlines for accommodating illegal immigrants and yes the travel company are taking bookings. I’ve contacted them and are awaiting a reply.

pably15 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:22:40

there are so many empty houses in the country , why are our own homeless not getting them

Calendargirl Thu 24-Jul-25 11:21:12

kircubbin2000

The government is planning g to move them into empty housing around the country. Starmer says there are plenty of empty houses so there might be some near you. This has already happened in Ireland.

If there are so many empty houses which can be used for asylum seekers, why can’t they be used for people from this country who are living in B&B Accommodation, single mums with children etc?

kircubbin2000 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:17:46

The government is planning g to move them into empty housing around the country. Starmer says there are plenty of empty houses so there might be some near you. This has already happened in Ireland.

Grantanow Thu 24-Jul-25 11:16:14

karmalady

Jaxjacky

They are all asylum seekers Primrose not illegal immigrants.

Don`t delude yourself because you want to live in a comfortable delusional bubble.

Those young men are illegal and most are just migrants and certainly not asylum seekers.

Home Office statistics show that 75% of 'illegal' immigrants are successful in their asylum claims.

FriedGreenTomatoes2 Thu 24-Jul-25 11:00:59

We certainly need to stop pre-loading cards with £50 a week ‘for essentials’. The irregular migrants are already being housed, fed and watered. We are too soft. Macron was right about the pull factor. Apparently some migrants are using their cards for gambling. Utterly ridiculous how stupid we are.

escaped Thu 24-Jul-25 10:52:00

So where else are we going put them then in their large numbers? If it can't be in old barracks, or on barges, or in hotels, what is left?

Mt61 Thu 24-Jul-25 10:41:57

If that’s the case, not use hotels, why now have they taken over the Britannia hotel in London? According to one bloke this morning, turned up for his stay that was booked, was turned away! Apparently they are still taking bookings!
I’ve stayed at that hotel in the 2000s, it was a lovely hotel from what I can remember.

pably15 Thu 24-Jul-25 10:38:27

certainly here illegaly, and what other country would allow them in without a passport

Allira Thu 24-Jul-25 10:34:47

It is Government policy to end the use of hotels to house asylum seekers. Obviously this is not working.

They presumably arrived illegally and then sought asylum. Illegal immigrants, probably about 1 million people, have probably disappeared and are not housed in hotels.

It's a fine point.

karmalady Thu 24-Jul-25 10:33:25

Jaxjacky

They are all asylum seekers Primrose not illegal immigrants.

Don`t delude yourself because you want to live in a comfortable delusional bubble.

Those young men are illegal and most are just migrants and certainly not asylum seekers.

Jaxjacky Thu 24-Jul-25 10:25:48

They are all asylum seekers Primrose not illegal immigrants.

Primrose53 Thu 24-Jul-25 10:20:45

Good news.

Park Hotel at Diss, Norfolk have just announced they will not accommodate single men illegal immigrants.

There were protests at the hotel a few nights ago because locals do not want this small town invaded. It was peaceful until the pro migrant groups turned up who don’t even live there.

Anyway, well done the Park Hotel. 👏👏