Somerset residents have told GB News about their fears of the growing impact of the migrant crisis on their community, admitting they are "terrified" of the changing atmosphere.
Speaking to GB News presenter Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, residents expressed their concerns for migrants being housed in the local area.
Jacob also investigated a suspected migrant hotel in Northern Somerset, where he attempted to ask the building's security for clarity on the situation, to which he was ignored.
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Somerset residents told Jacob Rees-Mogg they are 'terrified' of the increasing number of migrants living in their community
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Asking local residents about the migrant hotel crisis, one local admitted she is "terrified" of the sudden change in her community.
She told GB News: "I've lived in this area for all my life, I'm 77 now, and I've never seen so many people with different cultures to us. Never in my life.
"I gotta be honest, I'm terrified now, I'm really terrified, being my age now and disabled as well."
Speaking to another local about the Government's efforts to tackle the crisis, one man told Jacob that Labour should "put their foot down more" with removing illegal migrants.
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The man stated: "It's a difficult situation, but I think that we should put our foot down a bit harder."
Asking a pensioner-age resident for her thoughts on Nigel Farage's recently announced deportation plans, the lady told GB News that although Reform UK's plans go "a bit too far", Britain is being "swamped" by thousands of illegal migrants.
She explained: "I think that sending people to Afghanistan will probably be going a bit too far, but I think most people are beginning to feel now they are becoming swamped.
"Far too many people are coming over and anybody could walk in as well, and we don't know who they are."
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She added: "It's just numbers, really, I think everybody feels that.
"It's not that we're not a welcoming country, but you just can't have all these hundreds and thousands of people coming over."
In a statement about asylum accommodation, the Home Office made clear they had reduced hotel usage from over 400 facilities in summer 2023 to fewer than 210 currently.
Officials emphasised their commitment to closing all asylum hotels by the end of the current Parliament, whilst maintaining that community security remained their "paramount concern".