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Callers give opposing views on asylum hotels

What is it like to live close to a hotel being used to house asylum seekers?

Callers Janine and Andy have very different views on the hotels in Copthorne and Chichester.

9 September 2025
UK immigration
Home Office
Refugees and asylum seekers
Chichester
Copthorne

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