Government to drop asylum hotel provider
- The government plans to stop using Stay Belvedere Hotels as an asylum accommodation provider after a performance review raised concerns about the company's conduct and safety standards.
- Stay Belvedere Hotels currently manages 51 hotels, and Napier Barracks is set to close by September.
- The Home Office emphasizes its priority for the safety and security of individuals in asylum accommodations.
- Minister Angela Eagle stated, "We have made the decision to remove Stay Belvedere Hotels from the Home Office supply chain" to ensure contracts meet standards.
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More than 5,000 people have crossed the English Channel on small boats so far this year (Picture: Dan Kitwood/Getty Images) The Home Office has scrapped a hotel chain’s contract for accommodating asylum seekers over ‘concerns about its performance and behaviour’. Stay Belvedere Hotels, which operates 51 hotels in England and Wales as well as Napier Barracks, will no longer house people awaiting asylum decisions. The company’s website boasts of b…
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