Causeway Coast and Glens Council facing questions over asylum seeker hotels

DUP and TUV representatives have asked Causeway Coast and Glens Council to investigate planning compliance of hotels in the borough used to house asylum seekers.

The request was prompted by a court ruling in England, which granted a district council a temporary injunction to block asylum seekers from lodging at a hotel in Essex.

A council spokesperson told the Chronicle: “The Council received correspondence from the DUP then the TUV in relation to hotels housing asylum seekers and will now inquire into the matters raised.”

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