Millom residents have made their feelings clear to GB News about plans to move up to forty asylum seekers to the remote seaside town.
The tiny town in Cumbria is being told to use eight homes to house asylum seekers in a move that Mayor Simone Faulkner claims she was not consulted on.
Local police have been forced to ramp up patrols after one terraced house was left with graffiti emblazoned across it in protest at the announcement.
Large black letters drawn on the property spelt out: “Not welcome scum.”
Millom residents have made their feelings clear
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The Home Office and local authorities have condemned reports of vandalism in the area.
Britons in the town remain furious and some spoke to GB News’ Sophie Reaper about how they think it will affect their local community.
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“First of all, how many people are going to come in?”, one asked.
“And what are they going to do? There isn’t enough in Millom for the people who are already here.”
Another added: “I don’t agree with it, nobody knew what was happening.
“We should have had more warning and the Government should have spoken to the local council.”
The plans have enraged local residents
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Simone Faulkner hits out at Home Office plansGB NEWSAlso speaking on GB News was the town’s mayor, Simone Faulkner, who told Patrick Christys about how locals are ‘fighting back’ against the plans.
“Our infrastructure is poor, transport is poor”, she said.
“What I think has created this high tension is that the community were not consulted by anybody.
“We just did not know this was going to happen until the workers came in, started working on the properties.
“We, the town council, knew nothing about this until it actually appeared on social media.”
A Home Office spokesperson told the Daily Mail: “We condemn any vandalism in the strongest possible terms.
“We have always been upfront about the unprecedented pressure being put on our asylum system, brought about by a significant increase in dangerous and illegal journeys into the country over recent years.
“The Home Office has a duty to provide safe and secure housing for asylum seekers and we are continuing to work closely with local authorities in Millom, to manage any impact in the area and address the local communities concerns.”