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Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, above, and North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling are pressing the Home Office to end the use of the city's Dragonfly Hotel as a refuge for asylum seekers.

MP’s new demand to ‘stand down’ Dragonfly Hotel

The Dragonfly Hotel, Thorpe Meadows in Peterborough

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Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes, above, and North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling have written letters to residents living near the Dragonfly Hotel ,which has become a refuge for asylum seekers.

MPs deliver reassuring letters to residents near Dragonfly Hotel

The Dragonfly Hotel, Thorpe Meadows in Peterborough

Home Office tight-lipped on why city is a refuge for asylum seekers

From left, Brunswick PACT chairman Brian Roberts, Home Secretary Yvette Cooper and policing minister Dame Diana Johnson at the Home Office discussing the NationalWorld campaign Silent Crime on November 21, 2024

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Views of the Rowing Lake from the Dragonfly Hotel in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough

Hundreds sign petitions to halt use of Dragonfly hotel as asylum seekers refuge

North West Cambridgeshire MP Sam Carling, above, and Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes have voiced their opposition to plans to use the Dragonfly Hotel in Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, as a refuge for 146 asylum seekers

MPs pledge to ‘fight’ to end hotel’s use as asylum seekers’ refuge

The Home Office is set to move 146 asylum seekers into the Dragonfly Hotel, Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough

Call to MPs and council leader to protest at refuge plans for city hotel

The Dragonfly Hotel at Thorpe Meadows, Peterborough, with views of the rowing lake

146 asylum seekers to be moved into city hotel

Peterborough MP Andrew Pakes says the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough will not be used again as a refuge for asylum seekers

MP vows Great Northern Hotel will not become asylum refuge again

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Councillor Shabina Qayyum wants the cost to the taxpayer of using Peterborough's Great Northern Hotel as a refuge for asylum seekers to be made public. Peterborough MP Paul Bristow has claimed Labour, Liberal Democrat and Green Party councillors want the hotel's use as a refuge to continue.

Councillor and GP calls for public to be told cost of asylum refuge at hotel

Peterborough MP Paul Bristow outside the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough shortly after the arrival of asylum seekers in November 2022.

MP’s challenge to council leader on future of Great Northern Hotel

Taxis in Peterborough could be subject to new rules about CCTV.

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Peterborough MP Paul Bristow outside the Great Northern Hotel shortly after the arrival of asylum seekers in November 2022.

Refuge use for hotel will cease next February, says Home Office

The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough remains home to Afghan asylum seekers, housed in the hotel by the Home Office

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The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough remains home to Afghan asylum seekers, housed in the hotel by the Home Office

Afghanistan two years on: How Taliban takeover has impacted Peterborough

The victorious Saiful Islam with Peterborough MP Paul Bristow.

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The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough, which is currently being used by the Home Office to place about 70 asylum seekers.

Rising number of asylum seekers fleeing more countries placed in Peterborough

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Men in the UK being offered £10,000 to pose as dads for migrant women’s babies in visa scam

UK men being offered £10,000 to pose as dads in visa scam

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MI5 has warned ministers of Chinese spies who buy citizenship through third countries to gain access to the UK.

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The top 10 UK burglary hotspots have been revealed

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The Bibby Stockholm will house 500 people (Photo: Home Office)

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Peterborough MP Paul Bristow outside the Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough in November last year.

MP urges Home Secretary to remove asylum seekers from hotel

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112 Peterborough Passport Office staff will join nationwide strike

Peterborough Passport Office at Fletton Quays.

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The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough is being used as a refuge for asylum seekers by the Home Office.

Council says it will not waste tax payers money to remove asylum seekers

Donald MacLarty from PARCA (right) believes an increase in asylum seekers could benefit Peterborough. “We have seen an increase and that is great," he said, "because we want to help integrate them far quicker into the UK workforce."

More asylum seekers claiming financial support in Peterborough than ever before

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Peterborough City Council officials will meet with Home Office representatives tomorrow (March 1) to discuss the placing of asylum seekers at the Great Northern Hotel, in Peterborough.

Council to query use of Great Northern Hotel for asylum seekers with Home Office

dangerous domestic abusers will be recorded on the violent and sex offender register under new government proposals (Photo: Adobe)

Domestic abusers could be added to violent and sex offender list

Peterborough MP Paul Bristow outside the Great Northern Hotel, in Peterborough.

MP issues challenge to council over asylum seekers at city hotel

The Great Northern Hotel in Peterborough.

Council to decide on court action on use of hotel for asylum seekers

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DNP is used as a ‘slimming pill’ (not pictured) and has killed 33 people in the UK.

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British passport prices are set to rise next month

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Emirates’ Airbus A3800-800 airliner approaches Heathrow international airport, where Border Force agents discovered a package contaminated with uranium in December

Scotland Yard continue investigations in uranium contaminated package

Peterborough City Council is compiling its case to win court backing to stop asylum seekers being placed in the city's Great Northern Hotel.

Council to review court action to remove asylum seekers by end of month