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There is more analysis of the the government says its unacceptable to house migrants in hotels. Locals here say the decision to do just that is having an impact on their town. Does the government have any solution to its small Boat Problems . Migration, one of rishi sunak� s big pledges, has been at the top of the government grid this week, but its not going to plan. Weve been to the four star Hotel Waiting for the 241 migrants booked in to arrive. Well be speaking to the boss of the Campaign Group care for calais, a former tory special advisor, and an expert Conservative Party watcher. Also tonight, should rishi Sunak Followjoe biden� s lead and move to restrict uk investment in key China Business sectors, including semi conductors, because of National Security concerns . Well be hearing opposing views from a former us National SecurityCouncil Director and a consultant who works with Companies Investing in the chinese market. And chatgpt does tolkien is the great Professor Spinning in his grave over ai literature . What, then, when the humble wordsmith finds the gears and circuits have grasped the ineffable spirit of the tale with a keener hand than their own . Well be joined by the author who discovered her name was being taken in vain when fake books generated by ai were selling on amazon. Good evening. The government plan to focus attention this week on their efforts to reduce illegal migration, particularly what they regard as success reducing small boat crossings, has threatened to have been blown off course by, well, for one, the Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, lee anderson, who claimed that the government had failed to tackle illegal immigration. Now, the prime ministerfaces more trouble from within, with Cabinet Ministers, perhaps as many as eight, calling for a uk departure from the European Convention on human rights to be put front and centre of the next election if the Supreme Court rules that migrant deportation flights to rwanda are indeed illegal. And robertjenrick, the Immigration Minister, who had chastised the above lee anderson, has himself this week contributed to some confusion over exactly where the government stands on where to house migrants. We always house people in decent, legally compliant accommodation, but its not right that people can pick and choose and expect to be put up in four star hotels, and thats the change that we are bringing about. The problem for the Immigration Minister is that the government has contracted some four star hotels for exactly that purpose. The transformation of one, the Stradey Park Hotel in the suburbs of llanelli in south wales, from Wedding Destination and spa into what will become a hostel for more than 200 migrants has sparked furious protests amongst locals, many of whom believe it will hit the economy in the town. Heres yasminara. A steel town in South West Wales with a famous rugby club and now in the news for very different reasons. Residents are angry at a plan to house hundreds of Asylum Seekers at a four Star Spa Hotel in the village of furnace, on the edge of llanelli. Theyve sacked 100 people who two months ago were buying a house, buying a car, planning holidays. I know one who was planning a wedding. Hes absolutely devastated. You know, it was. They had good jobs there. They werent poorly paid and they thought it was forever. This is the only four star hotel in the area for miles around. People have come from miles around. We had somebody from belgium turning up about a week ago. Theyd booked a hotel room here and dinner and nobody had informed them that the hotel was shut. Its absolutely crazy. The decision to turn the Stradey Park Spa Hotel into an Asylum Hostel came as a shock to locals, especially as all 96 staff were told they would lose theirjobs. It has caused real anger within the town. A lot of criticism has been directed at the home office and some at the Asylum Seekers. The welsh people and the british people do not want this. We cant take it as a country. It needs to stop. They need to stop the boats coming over. They need to get off their backsides and sort out all the immigration problems. Theyve caused this problem, the home office, and instead of dealing with it, theyre shoving them off further and further away from london. Theres no plan with the home office at all. They dont seem to be thinking further ahead than paying these companies massive amount of money to put them in hotels. A Public Meeting involving the towns mp and other local politicians was attended by 400 people and an action group was formed. Robert lloyd is one of its leading members. Stradey park hotel was a real asset to llanelli and to carmarthenshire as a whole, because this is an area where were trying to actually increase our tourism potential and tourism economy. It served everybody from the local racecourse to the rugby club to tourists in and out every day, golfers and so on. It was a real profit making business. The protest outside the hotels narrow access road led to a court case from the hotel owners seeking an injunction against the protesters, and the Furnace Action Group started their own investigation into the contracts, including looking at Clear Springs, who are the contractors for the home office and responsible for Finding Accommodation for Asylum Seekers. Its staggering, to be honest with you, because Clear Springs ready homes hold a ten Year Contract for providing Asylum Seeker accommodation in wales and that is worth in excess of £340 million over a ten year period, and now, of course, theyre taking a hotel which was running at Occupancy Rate about 70 , and now theyll have more than 100 occupancy all day because theyre going to put 241 Asylum Seekers in 76 rooms, so sometimes three or four people on bunk beds in individual rooms. So basically, its times three in terms of Hotel Accommodation and theyre going to lose their staff costs, of course, as well. The Business Model could you see this being repeated . We know of hotels that have been approached further west in tenby, pembroke dock, milford haven, and theyve been approached to do similar schemes. So this isnt just a flat problem. This isntjust a llanelli problem. This is going to be a problem for the rest of wales as well. And quite honestly, im disgusted with the home office Losing Theirjobs and a business central to the community. The local labour mp says that the companies have ignored her request to discuss the situation, even when she travelled to london and essex, where the Investment Fund who own the hotel are based. Clearly they must have made a calculation that theyre going to make more money than in this very successful business that they had here already. Now, thats a disgrace, because thats money that you and i, as taxpayers, are paying and the home office is clearly paying over the odds because it is so incompetent. Its incompetent in the fact that its having to look for more hotel space because it hasnt got the backlog of Asylum Seekers down. Its clearly incompetent in the way that its going about the process. Its completely ignored local politicians, the welsh government, the local county council, and as for the community, they feel totally, totally disenfranchised by the home office. Campaigners have told us that much of the features that make the hotel a luxury spa have been taken out and that bunk beds have been brought in. They fear the stradey park will never be returned to its function as a hotel for paying guests and a source of local employment. The rooms will have been stripped out. From what i gather, even simple things like hairdryers and so on have gone. Lots of Kitchen Equipment and so on. I hear this argument sometimes when people say, oh, its all right, the Asylum Seekers, theyre going to be in a four star hotel. I mean, theres nothing further from the truth, unfortunately. Theyre going to be on bunk beds, sometimes four to a room. Theyre going to be sharing a toilet. The home offices urgent requirement for Tens Of Thousands of beds to accommodate those seeking asylum is, of course, a massive issue. But with the loss of 96 jobs and a popular local business, it has left people in llanelli wondering whether there isnt a better way to meet the governments needs. Yasminara there. In a statement, Clear Springs, the contractor employed by the government to find housing for Asylum Seekers, told us. The home office and Clearsprings Ready Homes acknowledge there are strong concerns from the local community over the use of the hotel. We will continue to work closely with local partners on the phased movement of Asylum Seekers into the hotel. All Asylum Seekers accommodated in stradey park have been security screened, with their identities recorded prior to arrival at the hotel. The home office told us. The number of people arriving in the uk who require accommodation has reached Record Levels and has put our Asylum System under incredible strain. The home office is committed to making every effort to reduce hotel use and limit the burden on the taxpayer. Newsnight also contacted the hotel owners, stirling woodrow, for comment, but they didnt respond. Were joined now to discuss this by henry hill, Deputy Editor of conservative home, by the former government advisor Charlie Rowley and Down The Line by steve smith, the chief executive of care for calais. Thank of care for calais. You all forjoining us. First of thank you all forjoining us. First of all, henry, they form a of migration week. The home office line is the use of hotels is not acceptable. The Immigration Minister concurred there earlier, saying a star hotels were out of the question. Sojust how a star hotels were out of the question. So just how much of a failure as this . It question. So just how much of a failure as this . Failure as this . It is comprehensive. Failure as this . It isj comprehensive. We failure as this . It is comprehensive. We heard failure as this . It is comprehensive. We heard them failure as this . It 3 comprehensive. We heard them say they need to find alternative accommodation. They need to build alternative accommodation. 0ne accommodation. They need to build alternative accommodation. One of this scrambling for hotels and barges on Military Bases and the rest of it is a consequence of the failure to build a purpose built asylum estate. The home of the failure to build a purpose built asylum estate. The home office could have done these with this years ago. It would have been secure at Micro Nightingale Hospitals will put up very quickly, and you could have kit homes, but they need to find land. You need to find land, and mps dont want it in their constituency. The failure to do that means we are now paying these eye watering sums and ending up with lots of little Detention Centres in the hearts of communities. Communities. What do you think number 10 communities. What do you think number 10 will communities. What do you think number 10 will say communities. 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There has been a shooting in the foot, robert i coming in. There has been a l shooting in the foot, robert jan shooting in the foot, robert jan rick saying no a star hotels, lee anderson saying Immigration Policy is failing. Robertjenrick. Yes, and we passed the 100,000 mark, so it is comprehensively. It is like a mirror image, how not to do a media week. 100,000 migrants and record small boats began in 2018. Since those records, they didnt all come in small boats, but according to government figures, is there any indication that the governments hardened stance is deterring would be migrants . We hardened stance is deterring wouldbe migrants . Hardened stance is deterring wouldbe migrants . Hardened stance is deterring wouldbe miarants . ~ ,. , wouldbe migrants . We see loads of as lum wouldbe migrants . We see loads of Asylum Seekers wouldbe migrants . We see loads of Asylum Seekers day wouldbe migrants . We see loads of Asylum Seekers day in, wouldbe migrants . 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