Rejected petition Stop hotels being used to house asylum seekers in Ilfracombe.
Not allocate more hotels within Ilfracombe for temporary housing of asylum seekers
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Ilfracombe is a small coastal town whose economy is dependent on tourism. Allocating further accommodation used by tourists throughout the year to asylum seekers will have a disastrous effect on the local economy and therefore local jobs.
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We can't accept petitions about accommodation of asylum seekers in particular areas, as this is an operational matter, not a decision for the Government or House of Commons, but we have published the following petition, which you might like to sign:
Stop housing asylum seekers who entered the UK illegally in hotels: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/628324
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