our concern with yarl's wood specifically is also the fact that. it's on the sites of an immigration removal center now this is very important for individuals who have. left their home countries possibly suffered detention in their home countries to maybe victims of trafficking on the way over to put them in a place where they feel as if they are being treated the same as people who are being detained in order to remove them from this country last century very damaging the home office has accommodation all over the country they haven't told us what the occupancy levels is of those of the existing combination of e.c. at the moment with the caveat pandemic it's very likely that there will be huge levels of vacancies in sales and. so it's unclear why they've taken this decision on an emergency basis to house up to 200 asylum seekers on the site of yarl's wood immigration moving center. now it's only been a couple of weeks since u.k. finally left but rex it is already being blamed for rows of empty shelves and sing for markets in northern ireland neare

extend another prison staff facility in england minister as well and prefabricated housing to the yarl's wood center to hold up to 200 migrants a former vice chairman of the european council on refugees and exiles says the government does have other options. there are a large number of hotels which of course at the moment are vacant a number of tourists are very diminished because of the lockdown as a result of the pandemic and so this accommodation is available and in fact the home office has contract it with some hotel operators to provide accommodation this way and frankly they need to do more of providing that kind of reasonable standard of accommodation hoteliers now are desperate to have their rooms occupied in any way they can and so they are prepared to take far lower prices than they might otherwise charge to people who come there as tourists and so therefore the government can get some pretty good deals with hotel operators. gemini's ruling party is due to elect its new leader this weekend the when i is the christian democrats the ballot is likely to become the next chancellor