Inspectors find 600 asylum seekers crammed into 98-bedroom Crystal Palace hotel

 
'Inappropriate: local MP Steve Reed has requested a meeting with James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, to discuss his concerns
Lizzie Edmonds @lizzieedmo18 September 2014

Housing officials have found 600 asylum seekers crammed in to a 98-bedroom hotel in south London.

One room of the Queen’s Hotel in Crystal Palace had nine people sleeping in it - while most of the en suite rooms housed up to four individuals, Croydon council’s housing enforcement team have said.

They said up to 500 people had been sleeping in one section of the hotel, while another area of the building, which was designed to hold 68 people, housed 100.

Local MP Steve Reed said he had received complaints from residents about anti-social behaviour and noise coming from the hotel.

He added: “The hotel is on the edge of our small but thriving shopping centre in a highly residential area. It seems highly inappropriate to place so many asylum seekers in an area like this without warning or preparation.”

He said he had requested a meeting with James Brokenshire, the immigration minister, to discuss his concerns.

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