Stayed in Blackpool Monday to Friday last week, stopping in the Strand hotel, situated
at the northern end of the resort.
We passed the Metropole Hotel located on the promenade, near the North Pier every day,
which is now being used for refugees.
Been reported over 270 refugees stopping in the hotel, we saw the windows were full of
young kids, the windows were filthy & the hotel looked run down.
The Metropole hotel is owned by the Brittannia hotel group, who got permission for the
hotel to be used for refugees, after a Blackpool MP & some Blackpool councillors being
against the move.
Reported Blackpool people saying, that the hotel getting good money from the government
for the refugee's stay, so they can use it to give the hotel a upgrade, which it needs.
Took notice going around Blackpool, there were loads of homeless people sleeping in door
ways, some begging for money, why not sort some of these out, at the same time.